Calyon Financial Signs Agreement with Fidessa for Exchange Traded Derivatives Interface

London and Chicago (ots/PRNewswire) -

Calyon Financial today announced it has signed an agreement with
royalblue, supplier of Fidessa, to provide access to global
derivatives markets.

Through the agreement, Calyon Financial, a leading global futures
and options broker, will act as a receiving broker for customers who
use the Fidessa Workstation EMS (Execution Management Service) for
exchange traded derivatives. Fidessa announced on 16 October 2006 the
extension of its multi-asset capabilities to include derivatives
support in Fidessa Workstation EMS, its buy-side execution platform.

Available as a fully hosted ASP solution, the Fidessa Workstation
EMS provides a global, broker-neutral order management and execution
solution targeted at buy-side trading desks. With fully integrated
real-time market prices, news and fundamental data, traders can
smart-route orders to a variety of DMA, algorithmic and care order
services globally.

"By linking Fidessa and Calyon Financial, existing Fidessa
Workstation EMS users can now seamlessly access exchange traded
derivatives through a single trading platform," said Leslie Sutphen,
Global Head of eBrokerage Strategy/Implementation for Calyon
Financial. "The Fidessa Workstation EMS provides global multi-asset
execution and order management, while Calyon Financial provides
turnkey brokerage expertise for exchange traded derivatives."

Steve Grob, Director of Derivatives at Fidessa comments, "We are
delighted to welcome a specialist derivatives broker such as Calyon
Financial to our existing network of over 170 receiving brokers. This
reinforces the fact that what the buy-side really wants is access to
a broad range of asset classes, different broker expertise, and
coverage through a single screen."

Users of Fidessa Workstation EMS will be able to trade equities,
futures and options instruments side-by-side and smart route their
orders to Calyon Financial. Calyon Financial provides access to over
60 global financial and commodity markets and is among the leaders in
execution and clearing volume on the futures exchanges offered by
Fidessa.

The companies are targeting an October 2006 launch of the service.

About Calyon Financial

Calyon Financial ( http://www.calyonfinancial.com ) is a leading
global brokerage firm dedicated to providing institutional clients
efficient access to all major markets. The firm ranks among the top
futures commission merchants in the world and has access to over 60
financial and commodity exchanges. Headquartered in Chicago, Calyon
Financial has a presence in 16 major global financial centers. Calyon
Financial is a wholly owned subsidiary of Calyon S.A. (
http://www.calyon.com ), the corporate banking arm of Credit
Agricole. Calyon is a major player in financial markets and among
Europe's leading corporate and investment banks. Credit Agricole and
Calyon each hold AA credit ratings.

About Fidessa

Fidessa, from royalblue, is a world leading solution for
multi-asset trading systems, market data and global connectivity.
Available as a simple workstation or as an integrated application
suite, Fidessa is built on the clear vision of providing the richest
functionality, coverage and distribution to all tiers of the
financial markets.

Fidessa supports around 85% of the world's tier-one brokers and
serves over 9,000 users at around 260 financial institutions
worldwide. Fidessa has become the benchmark and product of choice for
trading professionals. http://www.fidessa.com

For further information, please contact:
Barry Neumann
Calyon Financial Corporate Communications
+1-312-441-4564
barry.neumann@calyonfinancial.com
Simon Barnby
Fidessa
+44-20-7929-9250
simon.barnby@fidessa.com
Web site: http://www.calyonfinancial.com
http://www.calyon.com
http://www.fidessa.com

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Contact:
Barry Neumann of Calyon Financial Corporate Communications,
+1-312-441-4564, barry.neumann@calyonfinancial.com , or Simon Barnby
of Fidessa, +44-20-7929-9250, simon.barnby@fidessa.com