LONDON, ZURICH - March 31st, 2008. VTB Bank Europe plc, has selected SONARIS/Bonds, the high-performance bond pricing engine from ORIMOS, a leading provider of front-office technology. VTB traders and sales benefit from the comprehensive functionality offered by SONARIS, ranging from pricing and real-time risk to market alerts and history charts for prices, yields and spreads.

George Niedringhaus, Managing Director, Head of VTB Europe's Fixed Income Sales and Trading, comments: 'We needed to overhaul our trading capabilities quickly so we focused on the most capable off-the-shelf solutions in the market. Specifically, we needed a state-of-the-art pricing engine which would give our emerging market fixed income traders superior analytics and up-to-the-minute market awareness. After careful review, SONARIS came out on top and we are pleased with how responsive they have been with our requests for productivity-enhancing customization.'     [more...]