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AVT Systems, the specialist in trader voice & compliance solutions, has launched an instant messaging (IM) auditing service for financial or trading organisations. The service – a new addition to AVT’s range of compliance solutions - is based on FaceTime Communications’ ‘Vantage’ product..

IM is increasingly used by traders in addition to voice and email. It is vital that trading organisations can secure and trace trading information communicated via IM in order to meet compliance regulations.  FaceTime’s Vantage provides organisations with the ability to secure, log, archive and easily retrieve IM and web conferencing chat conversations. It supports: all public IM clients; Unified Communications platforms Microsoft Office Communications Server and IBM Lotus Sametime; industry-focused IM communities such as Bloomberg; and web conferencing applications such as WebEx.

AVT already offers a range of compliance solutions to financial services companies including: risk monitoring; information governance; archiving and analysis; and bespoke solutions. Earlier this month, it announced that it is developing a compliance software division, to develop technology applications that help traders do their jobs and comply with new legislation.

Mike Fenton, CEO of AVT, says: “There’s no point in having sophisticated systems to make sure all your voice calls or emails can be archived and analysed, if all your trading information is going over unsecured IM. These days, traders might have four or five different communications platforms running concurrently, and they all have to be compliant. IM Auditor is a great tool to ensure that conversations are tracked, leaving traders to get on with doing their jobs.”

For more information, visit AVT’s website.

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About AVT:

AVT Systems is a specialist in trader voice & compliance solutions.  It provides applications, systems and services to the dealing room environments (front and back office), including:

• Voice solutions: a full range of hardware (dealerboard and voice recording) systems and support services; and software including voice recording and analytics (based on Autonomy software)

• Compliance solutions, such as data leakage prevention, risk monitoring, information governance and archiving, all of which use Autonomy as their core technology

• IT services, including: security services (delivered via sister company, Network Box); and system management

• Bespoke solutions: tailor-made trader systems, using Autonomy technology

Since inception AVT has consistently been an innovator in the trading market.  These innovations include:

• Specialised displays and price reporting for the London Metal Exchange

• Voice recognition for the control of Windows (Voice Server for Windows)

• Conference record and playback system to record morning meetings for anytime playback

• The first VoIP ‘hoot & holler’ system in the City

• The first VoIP conferencing system for a regional stockbroker as long ago as 1998

• Electronic transaction system for Foreign Exchange, used by Bank of New York, Dresdner, UBS and FX. All since bought by Thomson Reuters

• Development of Ceryx to capture deals on the phone and present voice files for back office which provides confirmation in 60 seconds, rather than 30 minutes

For more information, or to speak to Mike Fenton at AVT, please contact:

Kate Hartley

Carrot Communications

Tel: 0771 406 5233

Email: kate.hartley@carrotcomms.co.uk