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Dimensional latest to join Calastone network

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... automating manual processes for the managed fund and superannuation sectors. Previously, platforms and funds communicated by fax machine, with data inputted manually by operators. Dimensional joins a growing list of Australian financial institutions ...

Calastone launches automated reporting tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... be electronically exchanged and client records automatically updated. This information is currently mostly transmitted by fax, post and email in lengthy manual processes. Calastone Australia managing director Shannon Bernasconi said that at the moment ...

Law must change on corporate actions automation: DST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
Outdated and unnecessary legislative standards are holding back the automation of corporate action activity, according to DST Global Solutions head of business development Rhys Octigan. While most areas of the financial services industry are swiftly ...

IOOF joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... transactions between different fund managers and distributors. Previously, platforms and funds were communicating exclusively by fax machine. Calastone said the deal with IOOF means that seven of the top 10 Australian platform administrators, representing ...

Hyperion joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Hyperion Asset Management has joined Calastone, an independent global transaction network for the superannuation and managed fund industries. The fund manager's membership automates flows from participating platforms and custodians into Hyperion Funds. ...

More fund automation after NAB Asset Servicing deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... incredible advancement for the Australian industry, which just 12 months ago was completing these transactions exclusively by fax," Calastone Managing Director in Australia Shannon Sweeney said. The company says its system has reduced the average time ...

J.P Morgan launches automated fund platform

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... tracking transactions. Over 80% of transactions for unlisted unit trusts and hedge funds in Australia are carried out manually by fax, telephone or spreadsheet, processes which are labour-intensive, slow and subject to human error. The new platform aims ...

Electronic trading reduces risk for fund managers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... sent back through the network in the same way, allowing clients to always see the status of orders. "When orders are sent by fax you face risk because you don't know if the deal is going to be executed until such time as you get a price, which can be ...

RBC Dexia opens Thailand for Aberdeen

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... significant challenges, RBC Dexia said. It said more than 95 per cent of fund orders in the region are processed manually by fax. RBC Dexia's product provides the same base platform throughout Europe and Asia with the same system: the proprietary SARA ...

Ausmaq goes live on SWIFT tech

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Ausmaq has become the first Australian investment platform to use live automated funds transaction processing over SWIFT technology. Mark Candy, general manager client services Ausmaq, said using SWIFT was an extension of the firm's push to drive automation ...