Torstone Technology rolls out Inferno FTT upgrade to clients

London, 13 March 2013 — Torstone Technology, providers of securities and derivatives processing software to the global financial markets, has readied its Inferno post-trade processing solution for Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and is rolling out the upgrade to existing clients.

Some 11 European countries have decided to impose the FTT across a range of equities and derivatives with France and Italy being first to introduce the tax.

Highly configurable, Inferno is built for adaptability enabling rapid customisation for clients and a speedy response to new market requirements. Brian Collings, chief executive of Torstone Technology said: “FTT is a core systems upgrade as far as we are concerned which means that it will be automatically provided to clients. The inherent design, support for a broad range of asset classes within one system and the ease of centralising trade and reference data from disparate front office systems, has made it relatively straightforward for us to implement the changes in Inferno and provide the data required for FTT regulatory reporting.”

The taxation logic within Inferno, which has already been applied for the French and Italian FTT can be adapted on the fly as regulations are clarified and the needs of other countries are more clearly defined. Inferno’s online and instantly accessible historic transaction and reference data simplify backdated tax calculations and back reporting which the new rules may demand. Inferno also offers scope for further tax efficiency by calculating net trading positions across multiple source systems throughout the organisation.

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Torstone Technology is a leading global SaaS platform for post-trade securities and derivatives processing and risk management. We simplify the complexities of operational and risk workflows by connecting global financial industry expertise with technology innovation to provide comprehensive functionality, business process automation, and world-class client service to financial institutions across the globe.

Combining many decades of investment banking expertise with in-depth global financial market and technology industry knowledge, we offer agile, secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions. Torstone’s Cloud-based, award-winning technology enables global financial firms to reduce costs, achieve greater operational efficiency, drive revenue growth, and minimize risk.

We are a fast-growing company headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Toronto, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo.

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