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Mercer urges STP implementation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... instructions and confirmations of prices and transactions to buy or sell have been completed manually using an email, post or fax. The Mercer report found STP can cut the risk of human error, speeds up transactions and can reduce the overall cost to ...

RBC Dexia bids faxes goodbye

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
RBC Dexia has taken additional steps to move custodial managed funds processing from being a manual to an automated approach following the adoption of the SWIFT messaging for Australian funds. Under the new service, the custodial services provider can ...

Goodbye fax, hello tech messaging

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Tired with paper transactions, nine big fund managers are ditching their fax machines for SWIFTNet Funds' electronic messaging funds transfers. Nine participants in the SWIFTNet Funds market practice and pilot are taking the plunge to go live with electronic ...

Investment infrastructure needs upgrade: ACSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Australia must update its investment infrastructure and abolish some taxes to attract more foreign investors, according to a custodial expert. Speaking at the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) conference, Bryan Gray, chairman at ACSA ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

Financial messaging specialist SWIFT pushes corporate governance up a notch through an automated messaging system that creates a transparent 'audit trail' of proxy votes cast by fund managers and pension funds. The new system, called SWIFTNet Proxy ...

Lack of automation hikes costs

A study conducted through a digital voting system (digivote) at this year's annual SIBOS conference, the biggest global event in IT banking and finance, has found that 40 per cent of survey respondents named operational efficiency and cost reduction ...

Messaging transactions for 12 cents: SWIFT

... Asia Pacific region. Among other things, the pilot participants will use the new internet-based SWIFT protocols to convert fax-based or paper-based communication into online transactions, saving time and admin expenses along the way. Adam Wilson, senior ...

No dumb messages at Datasquirt

... driven." The group's flagship software CONTACT is used by call center operators to deliver automated text messaging, email and fax to internal staff and clients. Among its users are Vodafone, Pepsi, Pizza Hut and the Auckland City Council in New Zealand. ...

SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... explaining why the new electronic protocols are so important, Wilson said too many of these transactions are now handled via paper fax. "Four million faxes are exchanged each year in Australia. That's 15,000 a day," he said. If you take into account ...

BT to collect TFNs online

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... the process as simple and efficient as possible. "BT's new online process means there is no need to fill in paper forms, or fax details. It's simply a matter of keying in a few details on the PC or laptop. "We think it's important to make processes as ...