LM's IT manager, Ben Fisher said the goal is to centralize all IT processes by implementing InfoComp's Composer Business Integration Server (CBIS).

It will initially be used to generate bulk formatted documents based on XML data via InfoComp's Composer Data Accelerator XML extraction tool.

Fisher said all e-mail messages, letters and statements will be created by CBIS.

"We will also have access to additional services that allow for manual quality control checking and automatic delivery of customized e-mails with PDF attachments," he said.

With about $1 billion (US$754 million) in funds under management and a financial adviser network of more than 1000 agents domestically and abroad, LM provides first mortgage funding for prime commercial and development opportunities nationally via its main fund, the LM Mortgage Income Fund.