Alliance Eyes System Options After Merger With Equitable

Alliance Capital Management L.P. has narrowed the list of options it is considering in its search for a new portfolio accounting system that could ultimately support over 500 users. Over the past few weeks, the firm selected two off-the-shelf finalists to pit against a mostly homegrown alternative. The evaluations come in the wake of the merger of Alliance and Equitable Capital Management Corp.--a marriage that leaves the new Alliance with some $110 billion in assets.

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