MLAM Ousts A-T Financial, Opting For Bridge On TIB

PLAINSBORO, NJ--Merrill Lynch Asset Management has decided to cancel approximately 150 positions of A-T Financial's front-end integration software. As a result, A-T Financial is losing one of the largest customers for its front-end software.

MLAM uses A-T Financial as a platform to integrate various vendor data feeds, such as S&P's Comstock and Telerate, primarily on its money markets desk. The data is displayed in a proprietary Windows-based application. MLAM's foreign exchange and emerging