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ICMA Ltd Appoints Graeme Austin To New Strategic Product Management Role

Date 03/09/2007

The International Capital Market Association Limited (ICMA Ltd.) has announced the appointment of Graeme Austin to the newly created strategic position of Director of Product Management for its market services business. He will lead the team developing ICMA Ltd’s existing market services, including TRAX2, the transaction management and reporting system and its market data offering. Building on ICMA Ltd’s long established reputation as a market leader in the supply of high quality financial market data, the new product management team will develop the strategic vision to deliver the company’s next generation of market focused services for the international investment industry.

Commenting on the appointment, Kevin Milne, Managing Director of ICMA Ltd., said: “We are delighted to welcome Graeme on board to drive forward ICMA Ltd’s product offering. The wealth of his knowledge and experience in the market gained over the past 19 years will prove invaluable in achieving our objectives to expand our products and services, responding to both our clients’ needs and the evolving competitive landscape.”

Mr Austin joins the company today, September 3, 2007. Previously he was Managing Director at STP Information Services Limited, the market leader in benchmarking, publishing and events business in the capital markets technology arena. In this capacity, he led the various areas of the business including business sales, account and product management, development of new business areas, product management implementation as well as consultancy/professional services. He has been responsible for a number of product launches including benchmarking analytics services, new publications and international events.

ICMA Ltd. is a leading provider of operational risk management, trade matching, regulatory reporting and data services to the global capital market. ICMA Ltd.’s current portfolio of services includes TRAX2, its trade matching and transaction reporting system and also a comprehensive market data offering of prices, reference data and original prospectus documents, delivered to thousands of users in the global markets via major vendors such as Bloomberg and Reuters and ICMA’s own web based service icma-info.

ICMA Ltd. is a subsidiary of the International Capital Market Association, the self-regulatory organisation and trade association which represents constituents and practitioners in the international capital market worldwide.