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Northern Trust's Australian clients can trade derivatives more efficiently after the firm added the Financial Product Mark-up Language (FpML) messaging format to its over the counter (OTC) derivatives trading service.

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008

Expected regulatory requirements and the need for greater corporate transparency are driving buy side investment firms to assess their technological operations.

Crisis on Facebook

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008

Call it the financial crisis that launched a thousand Facebook sites. The Web 2.0 has spawned Depression 2.0, a social networking site where individuals discuss a return to the Great Depression of the 30s.

Præmium adds CRM service

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008

Portfolio administration provider, Præmium is helping financial planners monitor client relationships by adding SYNCRM's FPS software.

Secure Computing beats hackers at own game

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008

Secure Computing is helping financial services firms from inadvertently downloading malicious software without limiting the sites they can access by thinking like a hacker.

IG Markets enables chart trading

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008

IG Markets has launched a new CFD trading system that allows investors to trade from charts of market data.

Large instos to move admin in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008

Technology expert SimCorp predicts more multi-managers and super funds will consider taking custodial-type services in-house to gain better clarity and control of their underlying investments.

FPWS unveils new SMA service

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008

First Prudential Markets is entering the separately managed accounts arena via a partnership with First Prudential Wealth Services.

ITG comes to trader's aid

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008

Investment Technology Group (ITG) is giving Australian traders the ability to better manage stock positions in highly volatile markets cost effectively with the launch of its Flexible Participation Algorithm.

Online rush for gold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008

A Melbourne-based financial planner has opened up a gold and silver bullion investment shop online, following a trend in the US where tupperware parties are replaced by gold parties as the value of gold continue to soar.

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MLC AM targets EM strategy with fresh mandate

MATTHEW WAI

MLC Asset Management has selected a global investment manager to leverage its 16-year-old emerging markets strategy.

Digital assets on the right path: Industry

MATTHEW WAI

Digital asset providers have evaluated the October deadline and ASIC's consultation on the looming digital asset laws and determined that these developments mark a pivotal point on the sector's implementation journey.

NCAs unlikely to solve retirement advice gap: HUB24, CFS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

HUB24 and Colonial First State (CFS) say the New Class of Advisers (NCA) will unlikely solve the retirement advice gap Australians face, noting the focus needs to be on helping reduce friction for those with complex advice needs.

AustralianSuper rolls out new investment data platform

VINNY VUCAGO

AustralianSuper has implemented a new investment data platform designed to improve portfolio oversight, risk management and decision-making as the superannuation fund expands its global operations.

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