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Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Microsoft to adapt some software applications, develop new processes for risk-based modelling applications and increase use of cloud computing. Mark Beardall, global application leader - Risk & Financial Services at Towers Watson said Cloud offers "unique ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
What's wrong with this market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down ...

Reg compliance with archaic technology unlikely: Bravura

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... use of leaner technology platforms using web-based technology, claiming that configuring systems in virtualised or private cloud environments has the ability to improve efficiency and increase output to the level necessary to accommodate member or client ...

Write-down clouds Bendigo's 43% profit tumble

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will be running a tight ship, after announcing a 43% decline in full-year profit this morning. The bank said that its $195 million profit was affected by a $95 million write-off of goodwill in December 2011, after declines ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... cent higher as US stocks traded lower Thursday on dull jobs and economic growth data. Even as the markets remained under a cloud of sluggish growth and eurozone troubles, Facebook rebounded from an early 4.5 per cent loss to finish the day with a solid ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders again looking to events across the Atlantic ahead of a long holiday weekend. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 13 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
The Australian market has opened higher despite weak leads from Wall Street, as buyers took advantage of cheaper resources stocks. At 1020 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 25.2 points, or 0.63 per cent, at 4,054 while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with traders again looking to events across the Atlantic ahead of a long holiday weekend. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down ...

AMP signs $220m tech contract

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... AMP covers fully outsourced managed infrastructure services for mainframe, midrange, network, desktop, service desk and cloud email service, in addition to information and system security. The new deal covers the existing engagement in addition to supporting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0830 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,394. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Reserve Bank holds it monthly board meeting and decides ...