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SWS Group, Inc. Selects Scivantage Professional™ to Deliver Advanced Trading and Automated Portfolio Rebalancing to Its Financial Advisors and Correspondents

Nov 16, 2009

Scivantage Provides Mission-critical Account and Trade Automation Solutions to Southwest Securities, Inc and SWS Clearing Services

Jersey City, November 16, 2009 - Scivantage, a leading provider of Web-based, front- and middle-office technology solutions to the financial services industry announced today that SWS Group, Inc. (NYSE: SWS), a Dallas-based financial services company offering a broad range of investment and financial services through its subsidiaries, has selected Scivantage Professional to provide advanced trading and automated portfolio rebalancing capabilities to their financial advisors and correspondents.

Scivantage Professional will be available to Southwest Securities' network of financial advisors, as well as correspondents of SWS Clearing Services, offering them an integrated suite of portfolio management and advanced trading tools to automate the process of monitoring, rebalancing and trading client portfolios. Scivantage's Portfolio Rebalancing application enables SWS financial advisors and correspondents to automate the time-consuming, complex rebalancing process to keep client accounts aligned with firm or advisor-defined model allocations. From initial creation of an investment strategy or model through to the execution of rebalanced trades, SWS advisors and correspondents will be able to monitor client portfolios more easily and effectively, so they increase the time spent on business development and client relationships.

SWS will be offering current and prospective advisors a highly competitive wealth management solution complete with Scivantage's Trade Processing, Advanced Trading: Block Orders, Automated Trade Review and Portfolio Rebalancing applications seamlessly integrated within their existing advisor desktop applications.

"Scivantage is pleased to announce SWS Group as a client and we are looking forward to working with them to automate key areas of their wealth management process," said Joe Stensland, senior vice president of marketing and products, Scivantage. "The addition of our advanced trading and automated portfolio rebalancing capabilities will significantly enhance the productivity of SWS advisors and correspondents, allowing them to grow their practice and build stronger, more valuable relationships."

"We anticipate implementing Scivantage Professional by mid-2010," said Holly Peritz, senior vice president and director of the Investment Management Group at Southwest Securities. "We strive to offer tools to our financial advisors that provide a competitive advantage and add value for their clients. Scivantage Professional has the potential to do that."

Scivantage's Portfolio Rebalancing tool is the latest application offered by Scivantage that is designed to automate key revenue-generating processes within the wealth management workflow. This powerful new application automates time-consuming manual rebalancing tasks and ensures customer accounts are routinely aligned with pre-defined investment strategies, streamlining back-office processes and increasing advisor productivity.

To learn more about Scivantage Professional, visit http://www.scivantage.com/professional or call us at 866.724.8268.

About Scivantage Professional

Scivantage Professional is an integrated wealth management workstation that brings together mission critical tools and resources to help brokers and financial advisors successfully manage their book, make critical decisions and grow their business. From advanced trade processing, cost basis reporting and tax management tools to automated account opening and goal-based financial planning, Scivantage Professional offers a modular design that supports the needs of financial advisors, branch managers, operations personnel and home office support staff. This innovative, back-office independent solution seamlessly integrates with all major and proprietary back office and clearing systems, as well as third-party solution providers.

About Scivantage

Leading financial institutions depend on Scivantage for essential front- and middle-office applications that deliver transaction-critical data, automate key business processes and drive operational efficiencies. Scivantage's proven, back-office independent brokerage solutions offer a powerful suite of applications that span the workflow of financial professionals and support the complex investment needs of the retail investor. From online trading and event notification management to automated account opening, maintenance and funding, Scivantage enables financial institutions and financial professionals to dramatically reduce operational costs, strengthen customer relationships and improve productivity. For more information, please visit www.scivantage.com or contact us at +1.866.724.8268.

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About SWS Group, Inc.

SWS Group, Inc. is a Dallas-based company offering a broad range of investment and financial services through its subsidiaries. The company's common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SWS. SWS Group, Inc. subsidiaries include Southwest Securities, Inc., a national clearing firm, registered investment adviser and registered broker-dealer; SWS Financial Services, Inc., a registered investment adviser and a registered broker-dealer serving independent securities brokers and their clients, and Southwest Securities, FSB, one of the largest community banks headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.

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