The contract is for the supply of licences, professional services and support.

Mondas will provide Ingenious Securities with the complete Blue Curve suite of modules, consisting of insight, create, process, comply and reach products that will facilitate the production and distribution of Ingenious Securities research products at optimum levels of quality and efficiency.

Ingenious Securities expects the software to allow it to improve customer service, gain significant production efficiencies and quickly expand the range and complexity of its research offerings. The project will begin immediately with a phased approach, the first of which is due to go live early next year.

Jarlath McGee, Chief Executive of Mondas said "Blue Curve is now the solution of choice for many financial institutions and this is yet another example of the tremendously exciting success the division has recently enjoyed. We look forward to working with Ingenious Securities to build and operate a highly efficient research production platform that will bring them significant operational benefits."

Richard Jeffrey, Head of Securities said "The Media sector creates significant opportunities for Ingenious Securities and we intend to offer our clients a full breadth and depth of research. Therefore, having a reliable and effective solution like Blue Curve in place will be a major step towards achieving that goal and supporting the ongoing rapid growth of our business."

Mark Robertson, director, Mondas financial markets division commented: "I am delighted that Ingenious Securities, a new securities business focused on the media sector has selected Mondas and placed its trust in the Blue Curve solution for this very exciting and important project. This major new contract to provide specialist advice and an effective software platform to support a rapidly changing sector underlines the wide market appeal of the Blue Curve solution."