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Study highlights honesty of LinkedIn users

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Only 24% of financial services execs regard information posted on LinkedIn as trustworthy, according to a study released this week.

Challenger extends deal with SimCorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Challenger has extended its licence with platform software provider SimCorp.

Social media may not be the best place to advertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Finance professionals overwhelmed by the social media explosion may take some comfort from Challenger general manager of corporate marketing and communications Stuart Barton's presentation at the Financial Standard's annual Sales and Marketing Forum.

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Institutional investors haven't been rewarded for taking risk in global investment markets since 2008, and have now turned to more intense monitoring to minimize further risks.

Tool automates FDS creation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Xplan service provider Enzumo has developed a tool that completely automates fee disclosure statements and allows advisers to pull the data from the system in a few minutes.

Superfund Wholesale's new tool cuts SMSF set-up to 20 mins

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) administrator Superfund Wholesale has launched a new cloud-based application designed to help financial advisors establish an SMSF in less than 20 minutes.

Accountants replaced by Cloud technology

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Almost two thirds of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) would consider replacing roles currently performed by their accountant with a cloud-based accounting system, according to a new national research study by accounting service provider CCH.

Justsuper to move SMSFs to BGL cloud solution

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Justsuper, a full service administrator for self-managed super funds (SMSF), will move the 1,500 SMSFs currently administered on BGL's Simple Fund Desktop solution to the Simple Fund 360, BGL's cloud solution.

Financial Synergy to release SuperStream-friendly platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Software provider Financial Synergy announced today that it will be releasing an updated and SuperStream-friendly version of its Acurity administration platform.

Facebook users moving on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Just as wealth management and superannuation marketers have begun adapting to social media platforms such as Facebook, signs are emerging that the consumer market may already be moving on.