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Westpac upgrades online trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
From $600 worth of free brokerage to mobile trading, Westpac Securities has improved its online investing platform to give customers access to better investment and equity trading opportunities.

SunGard lends IT muscle to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
SunGard has combined its consulting and technology services teams to create a new global services firm with around 4,500 staff, focused solely on the global financial services and energy industries.

Cuscal opens FX payment platform

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Cuscal has teamed up with J.P. Morgan to provide its retail financial institution clients with a platform to assist with the payment and receipt of foreign currency.

ME Bank inks Telstra deal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
Telstra scooped a three-year, $4.5 million contract to provide telecommunications products and services to ME Bank, an agreement signed as the bank, which was founded to serve industry fund members, embarks on a major expansion program.

Yellow Brick Road selects OneVue managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road, headed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, plans to make a big mark in the self managed super funds (SMSFs) market by providing "advice on tap", signing a deal with managed account provider OneVue to help ...

UniSuper extends Bravura mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Tech firm Bravura Solutions has extended its existing contract with UniSuper to licence Bravura's ePASS solution to employers.

NASDAQ cancels over 250 trades

NASDAQ RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
NASDAQ is coordinating the other US stock exchanges to cancel all trades that contributed to the market plunge overnight.

Class Super accelerates member reports

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administrators, accountants and trustees will be able to automate fund member reports after Class Financial Systems upgraded its technology.

New tech to track contribution caps

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Macquarie Wrap has created a new online system to help advisers track whether clients' contribution caps are being reached.

Trades jump for Liquidnet in Asia Pac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
Liquidnet has reported a new quarterly record for principal traded in Asia Pacific equities, with more than $4 billion traded across five core markets.