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AXA unveils new group insurance website

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
AXA Australia has launched a new website with live updates on claims and underwriting for its group insurance clients and intermediaries.

Africa's PIC appoints Charles River

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Public Investment Corporation, the investment management arm of the Republic of South Africa, has gone live on the Charles River Investment Management System across its fixed income and money market operations.

AXA launches iPhone apps for women

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has launched two new women-centric financial applications for Apple's iPhone and iTouch.

Praemium tailors Wrap for fee-for-service

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
Tech firm Praemium taps into the wave of planning groups adopting the fixed-fee service model by expanding the features of its V-wrap service, including a billing system custom-made for fixed-fee advisers.

Planners flock to WriteAway

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
CommInsure's electronic application and underwriting service, WriteAway, is proving a hit with the insurer's aligned planners with more than 50 per cent of insurance business being written through the service.

Decimal updates online super advice system

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Decimal has updated its service to superannuation funds looking to provide intra-fund advice using its Smart Calculator, which it believes will allows funds to engage members more effectively.

Computershare to challenge industry incumbents

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Computershare is using its tried-and-tested template in providing top-line share registry services to shake up competition in the unit registry services market.

Fin services tech firms get nod from NSW govt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Strategic Risk International, Milestone Group and Fintechnix are among the nine New South Wales-based financial services technology providers being promoted by the local government at an industry conference in Sydney.

Planner software innovations to pressure platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The heat is on for planning software providers to cater for advisers searching for more competitive alternatives to the marketplace's normal offerings from the main platform providers, said an industry expert.

Aviva adds DST technology

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Aviva Australia has implemented DST Global Solutions' AWD business process management technology to automate a number of its processes.