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Liquidnet trading reaches $1 billion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Australian buy-side institutions traded more than $1 billion in domestic securities via the electronic marketplace, Liquidnet, since it's inception in February this year.

ML picks Praemium for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Praemium Limited's V-Wrap service has been chosen by Merrill Lynch Equities Australia to provide portfolio administration services to its private client wealth management division.

Goodbye fax, hello tech messaging

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Tired with paper transactions, nine big fund managers are ditching their fax machines for SWIFTNet Funds' electronic messaging funds transfers.

JPMorgan joins debt platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
JPMorgan joins top financial institutions ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Citi, and Macquarie Bank on the Yieldbroker online debt trading platform.

Praemium raises $8m working capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium Limited has received an $8 million cash injection to fund the firm's future working capital.

MLC adopts straight through processing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Faster online applications? Tick. Easy navigation? Tick. Straight through processing (STP) features? Tick. MLC has unveiled a new website that it believes checks all the boxes for adviser functionality.

BT Wrap to offer short form insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
BT Financial Group joins a growing list of wealth management providers offering simpler and faster insurance when it developed an online short form application as part of its personal insurance service available on its wrap platform.

Suncorp selects Symantec

Suncorp turns to one of the global giants in IT security systems, Symantec, to help improve the group's security infrastructure, simplify data center management systems and reduce storage costs.

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
Smarter planning software programs have triggered a fundamental change in how financial advisers provide life insurance to clients, according to an Investment Trends report.

Macquarie launches lending website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
Macquarie Investment Lending has developed a new website for advisers and retail investors which provides access to information products, current interest rate prices and personal portfolio positions in just a few mouse clicks.