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Temenos scores digital transformation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... excellence and improve customer service. Headquartered in Geneva, Temenos provides cloud-based banking software that runs on Microsoft Azure. It is listed in the Swiss Stock and provides banking software systems to retail, corporate, wealth managers ...

Superannuation ripe for blockchain

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... four banks and local startups share the floor with some of the world's most influential organisations, including Microsoft and BNY Mellon. FinTech Australia chair Alan Tsen, who will be speaking at the event, says Australia often underestimates how ...

Super funds cut exposures to banks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... to holdings, the top international stocks held by NFP super funds are: Samsung, Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon, Tencent, Microsoft, Visa, Taiwan Semicon, Alibaba and Nestle. "International tech stocks making up an average 11% of NFP international equities ...

Industry body names first chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... more than 20 years' experience in financial services advocacy. Prior to joining the association Young held roles with Microsoft, CSIRO, Aon, Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) and the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

AustralianSuper bolsters executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... of technology for ANZ's corporate and commercial bank between 2014 and 2016. She has also held roles with Deloitte, Microsoft and Accenture. AustralianSuper said the new role was created to elevate the role and profile of the fund's technology function. ...

BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... cumulative return was -16% as compared to their US-counterparts' -6%. Average cumulative returns for FANG and peers (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Twitter and Tesla) stood at 15.46%, as compared to BATs' cumulative year to date returns of just 1.73%. They ...

Saxo Bank moves banking platform to cloud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Saxo Bank has entered a strategic partnership with tech giant Microsoft, under which it will aim to run the technology stack for all of its banking products on Microsoft cloud. Founder and chief executive Kim Fournai said the move will help the bank ...

Affordable advice outsourcing at the ready

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... customer base, saying added data security is a particular benefit. At the foundation of FinPal's software is a custom Microsoft Dynamics CRM. "Naturally for us data security is our highest priority. It's a comfort for us to know that the FinPal system ...

Xero appoints former Microsoft Australia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... succeeding founder Rod Drury. Steve Vamos will take the reins at Xero on April 1. Vamos is the former chief executive of Microsoft Australia and New Zealand as well as Asia-Pacific managing director at Apple. Vamos said he was excited by the new role ...

International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... This means investors can take advantage of price movements in international stocks such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Toyota and other Asian listed companies. Investors can also access Chinese listed stocks including those in the Shanghai and ...