* Q3 revenue up 7 percent to 85 million pounds
* Q3 order intake up 34 percent to 49 million pounds
* Says on track for medium-term targets
* Shares up 4.2 percent
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By Paul Sandle
LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - British software company Misys posted a 7 percent rise in third-quarter revenue, helped by new products serving banks and financial markets.
Misys, which sold most of its stake in its Allscripts-Misys joint venture last year, said on Wednesday revenue in the three months to February was 85 million pounds ($137 million), taking revenue growth into positive territory in its 2010/11 year.
"We have made a big investment over the last several years to get new products into the market and those investments are really paying off," chief executive Mike Lawrie said.
Misys shares, which had outperformed European peers by 32 percent in the past 12 months, rose 4.2 percent to a six-week high of 341 pence.
Matrix analyst Rajeev Bahl the Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) business was pretty solid, helped by deals that slipped from the end of Misys's second quarter. "In the core banking business it is nice to see orders in growth territory -- they had declines in the first half -- so the new products there seem to be starting to do the business for them."
Misys said TCM orders rose 50 percent, while banking orders were up 17 percent. It became TCM sector leader, with about a third of the market, when it bought Dublin-based Sophis for 375 million pounds in November.
Misys, which competes with Swiss company Temenos in banking, said it won six new customers for its Bankfusion retail banking platform, taking the total to 19 in the year to date.
"We are getting some traction (in Bankfusion)," Lawrie said. "This is a long-term product programme but we are certainly pleased with the first year."
However, maintenance revenue for both divisions was lower.
Lawrie said that was due to sector consolidation -- the group has only recently stopped supporting legacy systems for failed investment bank Lehman Brothers -- and new customers that had not opted for maintenance until new products were live.
"I think as we exit this year we should see some growth in maintenance and certainly some growth as we get into our next fiscal year," he said.
The company said it was on track for its medium-term target of 5-8 percent annual revenue growth and adjusted operating margins of 20-23 percent, unchanged from its first half. (Editing by Dan Lalor) ($1 = 0.6204 pound)