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African Alliance enhances research operations with Blue Curve
Corero plc, a leading provider of financial research software solutions to the securities industry, announces that it has signed an agreement with African Alliance, an investment banking group operating in Africa, for its Blue Curve product suite.
African Alliance will implement several Blue Curve modules to enhance the management of its research content and its distribution to its customers. The new solution will provide a financial database, automated email distribution, automated vendor distribution and a new Web Portal that will combine African Alliance research content, forecasts and historic data.
Blue Curve was chosen after a rigorous vendor selection process on the basis that the software will provide more functionality, is more flexible and is quicker to implement than other similar products.
Corero will host the Blue Curve software so it can be accessed across the Internet by all African Alliance analysts operating throughout Africa, whether in the office or travelling.
“When looking to upgrade our existing system we researched the market and found Blue Curve to offer the most functionality and flexibility for a business with our structure and size. We’re a growing company and we also need a system that could grow with us”, said Randolph Oosthuizen, Head of Research at African Alliance.
“We are delighted that African Alliance has chosen Blue Curve as the basis for it’s new research platform”, said Mark Robertson, Managing Director of Corero Financial Markets. “We are proud to be involved in the growth of the African securities business and are excited about working with such a dynamic company. This deal also highlights the extended appeal of Blue Curve v5 as we deliver it as a hosted service and move towards the SaaS business model.”
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Enquiries:
Corero plc
Mark Robertson, Managing Director Financial Markets Tel: 07711 140907
Merchant John East Securities Limited
John East / Virginia Bull Tel: 020 7628 2200
College Hill
Jamie Ramsay Tel: 020 7457 2020
About Corero
Corero plc (London: CORO) designs, develops and delivers market leading software products for financial institutions through its Financial Markets Division, and business and education markets through its Business Systems Division.
Blue Curve software allows organisations to vastly improve the production and distribution of their financial research. It collates and presents complex financial data efficiently and quickly for analysts to make informed opinions on market conditions and trends. It speeds up the process of content creation, content approval and publishing. And it also makes sure that each piece of content conforms to the correct regulatory requirements, and that it gets sent to the right people, using the right method and at the right time.
For more information on Corero, please visit our website at http://www.corero.com
About African Alliance
African Alliance is an investment banking group operating in Africa providing local and on-the-ground investment banking services across the African continent. In the last fifteen years, African Alliance has built a substantial infrastructure in terms of offices and professional teams throughout the African continent to meet the investment banking needs of our clients, including national governments, municipalities, parastatals, pension funds and large to medium sized public and private companies.
The African Alliance Group has a unique pioneering philosophy that is aimed at building markets while providing our clients with solutions within a local context using our on-the-ground professionals and experience in asset management, debt origination, corporate finance, stock broking, research, private equity, administration and development finance.
African Alliance's businesses are licensed, where applicable, by domestic regulators. Our operating activities are conducted with transparency and integrity with reference to various official codes of conduct, including CFA Institute, King II and FCPA
For more information about African Alliance, please visit http://www.africanalliance.com