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Technology

Buy side problems FIX'd

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Buy side traders without FIX technology will struggle to outperform in volatile markets, according to Keith Wright, SimCorp senior domain manager.

Pentafin and DP step up MA technology

Financial systems group Pentafin and separately managed account (SMA) specialist Direct Portfolio are joining forces to provide investment providers a more tax-effective and transparent way to administer shares and other managed investments.

Credit Suisse buys AXE stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Credit Suisse has purchased a stake in the alternative equities trading platform, AXE Electronic Communications Network (ECN).

IRESS software gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
IRESS' planning software, XPLAN, has recorded the highest level of satisfaction amongst planners for fully featured planning software, a new report shows.

Synchron rolls out new IT system

Adviser group Synchron has redesigned its website adding extra marketing tools and an option to run consolidated client reports.

Super SA selects SyncSoft

Super SA has signed up SyncSoft to provide the payroll system that will handle the SA government's 15,000 lifetime pension accounts.

Coin downsizes software for advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Coin Software has developed Risk Lite, a condensed version of Coin Office that allows risk writers to manage all client data and recommend a product faster.

ITG focuses on after-tax benchmarks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Finance technology firm Investment Technology Group (ITG) has found a way to combine advanced technology with improved market data quality to make customised after-tax benchmarks a reality.

SecuritEase on the defense after Tricom fallout

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
SecuritEase - the software provider that was falsely reported as responsible for broker Tricom's woes - suffers another blow when a new client, broking firm Tolhurst, opted to re-sign with its previous IT provider, GBST.

Liquidnet rakes $200m off starting blocks

Liquidnet, the global agency broker that's just launched in Australia, has said members have traded $200 million in equities using the group's block matching system.