The acquisition expands Synechron’s existing global systems integration business, which offers the market a unique combination of end-to-end services that includes business and technology consulting, and systems integration.

The demand for this combination of consulting and integration services has been expanding due to a greater focus on standardizing and simplifying front-to-back office environments, as well as improving the tools used to manage risk with sophisticated trading platforms. Combining the businesses of Synechron and Cityfront creates a powerhouse in the market with deep industry and operational expertise, scale, and the economies of agile offshore development.

Cityfront expands Synechron’s bench of experts with deep consulting and systems integration domain knowledge able to design and architect in the unique coding languages used by Murex, Summit, SimCorp and other platforms such as Charles River, Think Folio and Calypso. Cityfront’s specialists add to Synechron domain knowledge around integrated trading, risk management, processing and post-trade systems.

Faisal Husain, Chief Executive Officer of Synechron, said:
“Synechron has been able to combine its systems integration knowledge with its deep understanding of financial markets to architect powerful real-time, custom, multi-asset solutions for buy- and sell-side firms. This acquisition continues to build on our depth of experience with key technologies like Murex and Calypso, and we are delighted to welcome Cityfront Group into the Synechron organization.”
Cityfront, Co-Founder Jamie Gallagher, said:
“2016 has been a strong year for Cityfront, with the regulatory climate driving our business to record revenues. We’ve seen strong interest for our services in the US, Europe and the Middle East, and felt it was time to take our business to the next level. We believe Synechron is the best partner to provide the global reach, offshore capability and scalability our clients desire.”

Cityfront, Co-Founder Johann Doassans, continued:
“We feel our clients will receive tremendous value with the added power of Synechron’s consulting and offshoring capabilities. Capital markets firms are looking to gain economies of scale with their technology implementations. As part of Synechron, we will be able to respond with the agility and experience at a global scale.”