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E*Trade signs on Praemium

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Praemium Limited has signed a deal with E*Trade Australia to provide the tech firm's tax reporting solution to all 350,000 of the latter's Australian clients.

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Most players in the funds management industry acknowledge that the automation of managed funds trading would boost their business - but boutiques are still sitting on the fence with jumping on board.

IRESS eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
Homegrown tech company IRESS Market Technology is defying the market recession and is expanding its presence in Asia.

HCL pushes governance practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
HCL Technologies is promoting its solid governance and transparency practices to clients and investors to distance the firm away from the events of the Satyam Computer Services scandal.

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The cost of trading Asian and Australian equities rose by 150 per cent last year compared to a year ago after bid-ask spreads widened to abnormal levels during the credit crisis, according to research.

Superpartners opens voice portal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Superpartners is teaming up with call center provider Global Speech Networks (GSN) for a voice portal solution for its contact centre.

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services and New South Wales Treasury Corporation have teamed up to launch My Queries, a client support system developed by BNP Paribas, in Australia.

Instinet granted clearing membership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Instinet Australia Clearing Services has broken into the Australian clearing house market after gaining an ASX Settlement and Transfer Corporation membership.

Polaris buys SEEC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Polaris Software has bought insurance software developer, SEEC in a move that will allow the firm to provide more products and services to the local wealth management industry.

Olicc wins Shadforth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Olicc Technologies, which is part-owned by Coin Financial Planning Software, has scored a deal with boutique dealer group Shadforth Financial.