LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RIMES Technologies, the integrator of financial market data for the global investment community, has been shortlisted in two categories for this year’s Financial News Awards for Excellence in IT Europe 2009. The awards will provide a forum at which institutional and individual excellence among the information technology community of Europe’s financial industry is recognised by industry peers, clients and investors.

RIMES has been shortlisted for the Best Data Service Award with Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Markit and Thomson Reuters. The RIMES SmartFiles® service delivers custom files directly into any front, middle or back office systems. This service takes the pain out of data processing, as it integrates as many data sources as required. SmartFiles give immediate access to all 300+ financial sources available on RIMES, and can incorporate in-house information as easily as third-party datasets.

In the second category, Barra Performance on RIMES has been shortlisted for the Best New Vendor Solution Award with Atrium Network, GoldenSource, Interactive Data, SunGard, Thomson Reuters, Traiana Harmony CreditLink and Wall Street Systems. Barra Performance on RIMES enables users to further leverage the RIMES platform, freeing them completely from data worries. Users can produce transaction-based performance measurement and attribution analysis on equity, fixed income and balanced portfolios. It simplifies the use of equity and fixed income benchmarks, which come pre-loaded and ready to be used.

This seventh annual event will take place in London on 22nd September 2009. The full list of all award categories and shortlisted companies is available at Financial News Events

About RIMES:
RIMES, the leading financial data integrator and winner of the Buy-Side Technology Award for Best Data Provider to the BuySide for two consecutive years, delivers the world’s premier sources of data to fund managers, investment banks, custodians and corporates. RIMES data is delivered either through powerful desktop analytical tools geared towards front-office operations, or through RIMES SmartFiles® delivering custom file services directly to the mid and back office. The recent launch of the Barra Performance on RIMES platform enables users to produce transaction-based performance measurement and attribution analysis on equity, fixed income and balanced portfolios. Operating on the principles of quality, speed, cost-effectiveness and reliability, RIMES continues to drive change through product and service innovation.