The global renewal encompasses wide-ranging functionality and includes RANsys - one of Rolfe & Nolan's core processing systems - a relational database, a web-delivery infrastructure, a task automation and reconciliation module and E-route, a data distribution module.

HSBC's Greg Totts, Director, Global Clearing Services & Head of Futures (Europe) commented: "Our close relationship with Rolfe & Nolan underpins the extensive range of their products that we employ on a truly international basis. The global licence enables us to use their products in other market locations when it makes strategic sense for us to do so. We already use them in the major financial centres in the Far East, Australia, US and Europe. Being a large customer using multiple products on a global basis enables us to capture numerous processing synergies and deliver a top quality service to our customers."

"A global renewal with a first-rate global player such as HSBC is not negotiated overnight," said Bob Freeman, Rolfe & Nolan's Chief Executive. "Substantial discussions have taken place in terms of both product and service to enable this outcome to be achieved. To agree the terms of a complicated global licence with a top tier global investment bank underlines the continuing quality of our products and service and the value placed on it in the global derivatives marketplace."