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IPO Watch: Bloomfield, Conn.-based Securities Software & Consulting Inc. filed for a 25 percent, 4.3 million share initial public offering with the SEC early this month. SS&C has retained Baltimore-based Alex Brown & Sons Inc. and Hambrecht & Quist in New York to underwrite the offering. Aside from confirming the offering, a spokesperson at SS&C declines to comment further. However, a source at Alex Brown says that with the offering slated for some time in mid-June a prospectus for SS&C will