(ShareCast News) - Business software group Microgen said trading has been in line with expectations in the year to date.The London-listed company said both of its divisions - financial systems and aptitude software - had performed in line with forecast and approximately 95% of its revenue expectations for the year to the end of December had been booked.Meanwhile, the group said it has appointed Ivan Martin as non-executive director and non-executive chairman.Martin, is currently serving as a chairman of IT services provider FDM Group and software business Red Topco, will join the company on 1 January and will take over as non-executive chairman once the company has published its final results for 2015.Microgen shares were down 1.96% to 100.00p at 1041 BST on Thursday.