Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 41 - 50 of 59 results for "IT systems"

Fin services tech firms get nod from NSW govt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... launch a NSW Government financial services technology directory profiling over 60 companies. Argus Solutions, Lock-it Systems, Milestone Group, Mobbiexpress International, Nuix and Hiive Systems were among the six other technology providers being promoted ...

Perpetual poised to gain market share

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... that the company is well placed for a market recovery particularly given improvements in the firm's customer services, IT systems and "strong investment performance" of their flagship funds against their benchmarks. He added that proposed regulatory ...

Bigger and better risk management

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... recent KPMG survey that noted 30 per cent of insurance and finance companies are on the hunt for ways to boost their IT systems to better manage risk. Around 35 per cent of 315 respondents across the globe said they would happily pump funds into IT systems ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... insurance premium is not counted in standard fee comparisons. Simon Swanson, managing director at CommInsure, said that the IT systems are already in place where advisers can dial down commissions but pointed out that people need to know life insurance ...

Clouds still far away

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... cent of Australian companies are not using cloud-computing systems, choosing instead to depend on old school internal IT systems. Meanwhile, the survey also confirmed that seven out of ten companies currently depending on internal IT systems have no ...

Plan B buys Strategic

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... will make only a "small net profit contribution" in the current financial year. But the firm is hoping the integrated IT systems would contribute to "operational efficiencies and earnings synergies in the future". The consideration for the acquisition ...

IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Financial services firms will turn to IT systems that can alert them sooner to credit risk issues, particularly with the government-led bail-put programs making them accountable to their country's regulatory and political heads. Laurence Trigwell, global ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... email. This can be time consuming and leaves a lot of room for error when certain transactions are entered into various IT systems many times along the value chain. The proposed electronic platform will sidestep these issues, increase processing times ...

APRA audit adds to bottomline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Super funds with transparent IT systems are more likely to pass random APRA audits and reduce their overall compliance costs, according to Panos Alexandratos, general manager at regulatory software company IQ Business Group. Alexandratos said institutions ...

ABN AMRO Craigs selects Gatekeeper

... scheme, will take effect on October this year and requires financial services companies in New Zealand to have the right IT systems to successfully transfer a KiwiSaver member's funds across the supply chain, from the employer to the Tax Office. InvestmentLink's ...