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Count goes "social" in hunt for accountancy business

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Count Financial (Count) is using social media platforms as part of its strategy to attract accountancy firms to work under its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL).

Class Super gains ground in SMSF software race

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
ASX-listed company CountPlus has invested one million shares in SuperIP, the holding company of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super.

Westpac to use Morningstar's equity tech tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Westpac Online Investing has struck a deal to use Morningstar's equity technology solution, which distributes key market data to clients.

Financial planners opt for software homogeneity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The financial planning software market is looking more and more like a one-horse race, according to research by Investment Trends

Rubik launches COIN app

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
Technology provider Rubik Financial has launched an iPad application that allows financial planners to access clients' portfolios directly from COIN software.

Class Super beats BGL to launch automated property valuator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super has teamed up with property valuator RP Data to launch an automated property valuations service for SMSFs, ahead of BGL's planned launch of a similar service in two weeks.

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Wealth management groups in the US are so concerned about cyber attacks they are staging an all out system wide drill to test their preparedness and countermeasures.

Rubik completes Provisio takeover

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Listed financial software provider Rubik Financial (Rubik), has completed its takeover of Provisio Technologies (Provisio).

Praemium launches FoFA-ready CRM tool

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Praemium has launched a new cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solution for financial advisers.

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Widely seen as an alternative to big platforms, the launch of the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) - informally known as AQUA II - may be on the horizon following the release of a consultation paper by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...