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BNP Asia Pac transition complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
BNP Paribas Securities Services has completed the final migration of all its $30 billion in global custody assets in-house onto a single Asia Pacific platform.

Instos gain Asian dark pool market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Fund managers and institutional investors could save money on their Asia-based share trading after Investment Technology Group (ITG) launched enhanced dark pool market place.

Praemium targets new SMA service

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
Praemium is looking to "rebrand" its V-Wrap service in the coming months with improved services, and working on a separately managed account offering that gives investors exposure to asset classes outside equities.

SimCorp adds new front office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
SimCorp has released a new front office suite within SimCorp Dimension for portfolio managers, compliance managers and traders.

Attack of the million-dollar virus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
From 20 new viruses popping up on the web each day 10 years ago to 25,000 new viruses a day this year, the exponential growth of online security threats pose a big problem for many financial services firms.

Super funds to gain better risk management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Super funds could soon gain far more detail on fund manager performance after the launch of a new middle office platform from IT outfit DST Global Solutions.

ACCC sounds online fraud alarm

REGULATORY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Online scams continue to make up a large proportion of complaints to the ACCC - with online finance fraud growing in prominence, according to ACCC deputy chair, Peter Kell.

Super Concepts overhauls website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Super Concepts has revamped its website to allow financial planners easier access to technical research and plans to provide a separate login area for specialist advisers.

London exchange signs deal with FactSet

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The London Stock Exchange has commenced a joint venture with tech firm FactSet Research Systems.

Aus Unity improves customer software

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian Unity has hired Sword Ciboodle to improve its customer related business software and services.