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Cost cutting returns Bravura to profit

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024

... change-heavy environment." In early August, Fidelity International entered into an agreement to use and develop Bravura's Sonata software, paying a one-off licence fee of £29 million. Bravura currently provides wealth management technology and related ...

Aware Super migrates members to Bravura platform

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023

... after announcing its major digital overhaul, Aware Super has reported tangible benefits from its transition to the Bravura Sonata Alta platform. Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart noted the move, initially driven by the need to consolidate operations ...

Colonial First State adds 17 new funds to FirstChoice platform

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022

... and more agile business," CFS entered a strategic partnership to deliver the new FirstChoice platform on Bravura's Sonata Alta Solution in conjunction with Tech Mahindra. CFS chief executive, superannuation Kelly Power said: "This will ensure that ...

Bravura names APAC managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022

... APAC sales director Paul Dunn to the role as it looks to scale its business in the region following increased demand for Sonata Alta and its Midwinter solutions. Dunn will also focus on accelerating existing opportunities in the market, Bravura said. ...

Bravura appoints head of Sonata Alta

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021

Bravura has hired an industry super operations manager as its head of Sonata Alta. Nicole Kennedy started in the role on August 30. She reports to Bravura's head of operations for Australia Jon Alder. She joins from CareSuper and previously worked ...

UK drags Bravura performance

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021

... bank and an Australian trustees business (Garradin); a superannuation fund (ePASS); a New Zealand life insurance firm (Sonata); a UK platform (Sonata) and a UK platform (microservices). Total revenue is down 19.4% year on year to $115.7 million, while ...

Aware Super in-houses fund administration

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020

... long-term contract with Bravura, for an initial term of seven years. It will use a set of Bravura products, underpinned by Sonata Alta including a dedicated support team. Other Bravura products that the fund will use include AdviceOS, Babel Superstream ...

Bravura to make $41m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020

... software company for $41.5 million. Bravura will acquire Delta Financial Systems for $41.5 million, complementing its core Sonata offering and broadening its products and services. Delta is a UK software company that provides technology to power complex ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020

... its ageing systems. It currently uses a combination of off-the-shelf software and customised software including Bravura's Sonata, Capital 10, CapWeb and ComSAS in its core DB systems. "This work is very preliminary and will assist in determining the ...

Bravura live on NZ bank

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018

One of New Zealand's oldest banks has appointed Bravura Solutions' Sonata as the core administration platform for 500,000 retail and employer members. ASB Bank's KiwiSaver, retail and group investments business will also use Sonata. More ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY

Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA

The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA

Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN

Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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