SOFTWARE

Editorial

Iress Market Technology has been buoyed by strong revenue growth from its Xplan financial planning software business to lift its net profit by 3.3 per cent to $16.09 mill...

Financial planning

Standard and Poor’s has pledged to keep the majority of Assirt staff, as well as maintain the Assirt brand, after it ended month’s of speculation by agreeing to buy the r...

Financial planning

Technology provider Boss Software has incorporated six new next-generation strategic modelling tools into its Dimensions financial planning system as the first stage of a...

Financial planning

The Packer media empire will play a large part in Challenger’s bid to make a household name of its rebranded dealer group, Genesis Wealth Advisers....

Financial planning

Wealth management group IWL has notched up what it says is a record half-year result for 2005, posting earnings growth of 43 per cent on the corresponding 2004 half-year....

Financial planning

FuturePlus Financial Services has struck a deal with software provider Milestone to implement its integrated fund processing and analytic software platform....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has developed a new software program that channels superannuation contributions to various funds in an attempt to lighten the administrative load that ...

Financial planning

Fledging financial services software company Bravura Solutions added Syscorp to its takeover menu today as well as finalising the acquisition of another major software pr...

Financial planning

Count Financial has bought the planning software already used by most of its advisers, Interact, from IOOF Investment Management after the latter opted to sell the packag...

Financial planning

In 2002 the humble brussel sprout was elevated to celebrity status in Australia’s retirement industry through NRMA and its offshoot, ClearView Retirement Solutions....

Financial planning

Australian Unity Financial Planning has replaced Garrisons as its back office administrator following a deal being struck with IOOF Funds Management-owned OutScope....

Financial planning

Financial planning through banks has been regarded as unsophisticated, product-focused and entry level. But, as Jason Spits discovered, the banks are working hard to over...

Financial planning

Recent ‘Point of View’ comments on the future of ‘networks’ by Ray Miles and Paul Brown (MM September 9, August 26) raise some interesting challenges and concerns for ins...

Financial planning

Even the most technology savvy financial planners are inclined to switch off when the discussion turns to ‘straight through processing’. But that could soon change, write...

Editorial

Retail investors are diving into option trading, writes Dominic McCormick. But will they be out of their depth when markets take a plunge?...

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