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Insurers slow on green IT

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
The insurance industry may be conscious of mitigating global warming, but few insurers are truly committed to building a green IT environment, according to Datamonitor.

BlackRock absorbs Impact

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
A new technology designed to help fund managers better demonstrate their investment methodology to clients is going to be exported in a big way after US giant BlackRock flagged plans to buy IT outfit Impact Investing.

EQT jumps on board with Bravura

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Bravura Solutions Limited has rubber-stamped a five-year contract with wealth management firm Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) to implement the tech company's portfolio administration solution, Garradin.

Social banking on the rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Social banking platforms will capture 10 per cent of the worldwide retail lending and financial planning market in two years time, according to Gartner.

Traders join iPhone revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
As scores of Mac fans queue outside the Sydney Apple store for their iPhones, online banking giant CommSec and CFD provider IG Markets join the Mac revolution by enabling trades through iPhones.

Aviva cuts super to pension admin time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Aviva Australia improved its online adviser software, n-link, to enable financial planners to set up pension accounts and allow clients to receive payments in three days, a fraction of the time needed on other platforms.

New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Logica has created a new software that helps prevent funds from being used by terrorists, reduces risk and provides cost-effective compliance for investment managers and banks.

Pentafin beefs up IT team

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
Pentafin has appointed US expat Joe Vetto and ex-Challenger operations support manager Karen Chim to its IT team.

Bravura broadens UK footprint

CAMERON BOGGS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Homegrown financial software provider Bravura Solutions has been busy signing deals in the UK after extending existing contracts with Legal & General and MGM Advantage.

Uni students get Praemium help

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Praemium Limited is teaming up with University of Sydney to give its maths students complimentary access to Præmium's portfolio administration service (V-Wrap) and market data system (p-Desktop).