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Finsia creates site for industry students

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
The Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) aims to help students make their break into the industry with the launch of a new website.

ASX builds rival platform take on Chi-X

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The ASX is set to introduce its own new products for equity traders as it loses its hold on Australian equities trading and prepares for the new competitive market starting later this year.

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a personal finance website, MoneySmart, offering free financial information and tools.

April launch for XPLAN facelift

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
Dominant planning software provider IRESS Wealth Management Solutions has announced the long-anticipated new version of XPLAN is to be released next month.

BT Life fast tracks claims

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
BT Life has taken more steps to process income protection claims faster through its award-winning tele-claims service.

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
One of Australia's top fraud cops has warned that the wealth-management industry is a sitting duck for cyber crime and must take steps to safeguard itself against future attack.

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Bloomberg is increasing its commitment to the Islamic finance market with the launch of a tailored investing platform and a Malaysian benchmark index, answering calls for more sophistication in the market.

Paraplanners master SoAs with COIN

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Financial planning software provider COIN has launched training courses for paraplanners, which could go some way to increasing the upskilling in the profession.

ING DIRECT launches term deposit

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
ING DIRECT has launched a new term deposit product that gives account holders the option to select the maturity date of their term deposit at any time and do it online.

HUB24 managed account gets thumbs up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Standard & Poor's Fund services has awarded a 'STRONG' rating to HUB24's separately managed account (SMA) platform.