# SunGard Financial

> SunGard Financial Systems supplied enterprise software and services for trading, risk, investment operations, treasury and post-trade processing. FIS acquired SunGard in November 2015, after Availability Services had become a separate company in 2014; its financial software lineage continues within FIS.

- **Founded:** 1982
- **Headquarters:** Wayne, United States
- **Products:** Front Arena, GMI, AvantGard, Post-trade derivatives utility
- **Notable:** Public listing in 1986., 2005 private equity buyout completed at an announced $11.4 billion., Post-trade derivatives utility launched with Barclays in June 2015.

## Products & services

- **Front Arena** — Cross-asset trading, position control and risk management; lineage continues as FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Platform.
- **GMI** — Global clearing and accounting for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives.
- **AvantGard** — Corporate liquidity, treasury, receivables and payments management.
- **Post-trade derivatives utility** — Shared clearing operations and technology services, launched with Barclays as anchor customer.

## Achievements

- Public listing in 1986.
- 2005 private equity buyout completed at an announced $11.4 billion.
- Post-trade derivatives utility launched with Barclays in June 2015.
- FIS acquisition completed November 30, 2015.

## Latest updates

- **2015-11** — FIS completed its acquisition of SunGard on November 30.
- **2016-02** — FIS full-year 2015 results discussed SunGard integration and the expanded software portfolio.

## Links

- Website: https://www.fisglobal.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sungard-financial-systems
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/fisglobal
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FIStoday/

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