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Praemium SMARTwrap signs AFS

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Technology provider Praemium announced in a statement to the ASX today that its SMARTwrap platform has won its first approval from a national dealer group - Australian Financial Services group (AFS), barely a month after launching.

Wilson HTM outsources clearing

NEW RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
Penson Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd (PFSA) announced the signing of a five-year agreement to provide equities clearing services for Brisbane based broker Wilson HTM Investment Group.

New tech offers high data protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Acronis has launched new software that offers financial planners high data recovery and non-stop backup systems while simplifying the right backup configuration to suit their needs.

Legal risks pose social media stumbling blocks

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
Lack of clarity around the regulation of blogs and other social media networks is preventing many investment firms from making the big leap to Web 2.0 - but consumer usage of social media in their day-to-day life will force firms to come up with a solution.

DST's HiPortfolio goes live at ING Aus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
In an effort to enhance its cross-investment processing, ING Australia has adopted DST Global Solution's HiPortfolio solution.

Planners fast track insurance processing through web

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Straight through processing (STP) technology continues to assist financial planners with their insurance applications, new insurer data shows.

Asgard improves custody and corporate actions capacity

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Asgard unveiled a new online custodial shares and corporate actions solution yesterday, using its eWRAP Investment tool in an attempt to reduce paperwork and processing times for financial advisers

AUSCOAL goes live on Bluedoor

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Industry fund AUSCOAL Super has today gone live with its BluedoorTM web-based administration registry solution.

Mercer stress tests retirement

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
Mercer has launched a new retirement calculator to help members 'stress test' their superannuation.

SuperChoice teams up with Sage MicrOpay

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Superannuation exchange, SuperChoice, has collaborated with Sage MicrOpay to provide its customers with online super functionality.