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Technology

SAP and Sybase merger gets ACCC tick

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has given the green light to SAP's $7-billion plus purchase of tech firm, Sybase, which provides complex event processing and analytics services used in the finance sector.

Tower and IRESS launch Accelerate Connect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Tower Australia and IRESS Market Technology have launched Accelerate Connect -providing advisers with a straight through link from comparison to the application process on the same screen.

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The adoption of MySuper and Superstream reforms outlined in the final report of the Cooper Review can only make Australia's super funds more formidable on the global stage, said a finance technology expert.

IQ Business boosts AGEST tech

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
IQ Business Group has signed the Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST) to its newly launched Microsoft Solutions Practice.

First State Super plugs in with mobile app

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
First State Super has launched an iPhone app that allows its 530,000 members to monitor their super anytime.

AAS, Pillar and Superpartners brace for SuperStream

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Three of Australia's largest fund administrators - AAS, Pillar Administration and Superpartners - have formed an affiliation that will take on board the recommendations from the Cooper Review to improve super fund back office efficiencies.

Asgard makes tax time easier for planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Asgard has launched a new online process for planners to help them manage clients' personal tax deductions in super.

Aviva Investors selects Cadis for data

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Aviva Investors has implemented the Cadis EDM platform to its US-based office and plans to roll out the data management platform to its other offices globally.

Funds thrive with nimble IT

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
A flexible and scaleable IT system has become even more important as more fund managers try to grow their business with less resources than before the GFC, said Pascal Wanner, account manager for the Swiss market at SimCorp.

ITM and Sequential partner for service

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Independent Transition Management (ITM) and Sequential Project Services have partnered to provide an enhanced service for wealth management firms looking to consolidate systems or products or outsource administration.