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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.

Regulators fight breaches online

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a new online breach reporting system for dual-regulated institutions.

Hunter Hall extends Bravura deal

Hunter Hall Investment Management has extended its existing contract with wealth management software provider Bravura for another three years.

Becton selects DSTi

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008

ASX-listed Becton Property Group has announced that it will implement DST International's HiPortfolio Unit Pricing solution to its investment management division.

Asgard automates data feeds

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008

Asgard Wealth Solutions has adopted External Platform Interface standards that automatically streamline customer data from the Asgard platforms to the desktops of financial planners using VisiPlan.

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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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