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Saxo Bank's iPad app optimises trading

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
Saxo Bank, parent company of Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd has announced the launch of its updated mobile trading app which is now optimised for iPad use. Users with the current Saxo app on their iPhone or iPad will automatically receive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... 22.73 points, lower at 1,919.81 as a court ruled technology titans Apple and Samsung infringed on each other's patents on mobile devices and imposed a partial ban on their product sales in South Korea. Hong Kong fell 1.25 per cent, or 252.21 points ...

Macquarie invests in mobile apps for advisers/brokers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Macquarie is expanding access to its insights and information by further investing in range of mobile applications for its advisers and mortgage brokers. Following the successful launch of four mobile applications during the past year, Macquarie's long-running ...

Marketing beyond gimmickry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... thinking, albeit what's old world today five years ago was cutting edge innovation, financial companies need to develop mobile applications, iPad apps and redesign their websites. But this doesn't mean giving away free iPads, which they said was a gimmick. ...

Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... and tablets will be driven largely by investment from non-financial institutions, as well as the recent advances made in mobile finance platform technology. "Customer attitude toward banks has changed greatly as a result of the financial crisis. Increasingly ...

Macquarie focuses on independents with Visor

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... developing software solutions that can make a real difference to IFAs and their practices," Macquarie Visor 4.0 will include mobile and online access to a variety of desktop features as well as a number of FOFA related enhancements. It is currently in ...

Westpac launches share trading app

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... commodities (ETCs). James Staltari, head of Westpac Online Investing, said the rapid increase in activity on Westpac's existing mobile site had highlighted the growth in mobile use by share traders. "With the introduction of our app, customers not only ...

Adviser tablet ownership triples

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... confirmed that advisers, like most people, are using smartphones to access the internet, with 81% of advisers using the mobile device this way. "2011 was undoubtedly the year of the tablet, and undoubtedly the year of the iPad for financial advisers," ...

Macquarie to sell COIN

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... assessing acquisition opportunities for some time. He said early priorities following the acquisition will be to use Rubik's mobile device and internet expertise to expand COIN's financial planning software reach across multiple platforms. "Our initial ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... penetration means Australia will have as many smartphones as people, and if you add in the number of traditional and legacy mobile phones, on average Australian consumers will have more than one phone device each. This will create opportunities and challenges ...