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Claranet brings a wealth of benefits to Third Financial

A new breed of young, wealthy and technology-literate individuals now expect to do business on their mobile devices – including managing their money.

City has failed on unfit IT systems

Banks are using computer systems that are “unfit for purpose” and as a result have little idea what is going on inside their own businesses, according to a new in-depth report on the technological problems facing the industry.

Knight Capital 'has 48 hours' to save itself after IT glitch causes $440m loss

Knight Capital is fighting for survival after a $440m (£283.6m) trading loss caused by a software glitch wiped out much of its capital, forcing Knight to seek new funding as its shares plunged as much as 80pc in two days.

DST Global Solutions address corporate action operational risk issues raised by ASIC report

DST Global Solutions will be showcasing its corporate actions automation solution, powered by XSP’s v5 platform at Mission 2012, the Financial Services Council’s annual conference held on the Gold Coast from August 1-3, 2012.

Security breaches within financial services damage far more than just reputation

Can someone please tell us what the point of Corporate Compliance Officers are?

UBS Selects Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management in the Cloud

Firm Sees Benefit From SaaS Delivery of Extensive HCM Functionality

SS&C GlobeOp Launches e-Investor for Thousands of Advisors

Large Financial Institution Streamlines Investor Document Processing and Enhances Compliance

Banks need Rogue IT and start-ups to innovate: ex-Westpac CTO

Rogue IT refers to setting up a small IT division in a company that is not subjected to the usual oversight of the business.

Advent Software Wins Systems in the City Award

Advent Receives Recognition in the Prestigious UK Awards as the “Best Investment Tool” for the Financial Services Industry

Banks told to fix systems after RBS crash

British banks will come under pressure from the City regulator to upgrade their dated IT systems following the failure that engulfed Royal Bank of Scotland a month ago.

Avaloq appoints former Coutts IT chief

Press release is in German

Dynasty expands wealth management platform with two new hires

The additions Strengthen Dynasty's Rapidly Expanding Wealth Management Platform

Hedge Fund technology and Software providers move to Address Form PF Compliance Requirements

“Regulatory Filings Manager is a natural extension of our enterprise-tested data management tools,” says Phil Christianson, product manager for ConvergEx’s Eze Castle Software.

SEI to Provide Multi-Award Winning Wealth Manager With Private Client Investment Processing

Through GWS, SEI will provide them with private client investment processing, and administration services for its GBP 1.8bn private client business.

SS&C Technologies picks up SIM mandate

The mandate was announced this week with SS&C Technologies' Australian managing director Phil Banas saying SIML had chosen to partner with his firm via its Global Wealth Platform.

Standard Chartered launches enhanced online banking FX service

The service brings a choice of 130 global currencies to the bank's clients in the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar and is seamlessly accessible to all corporate clients via the bank's online banking platform.

Technology takes center stage in wealth management

Financial Planning can be done on IPads, investment research materials or price alerts will be sent from client websites, or have the information pushed via short message service, emails or mobile applications.

Saving BlackBerry from its 'deathbed'

The Sunday Telegraph visits BlackBerry maker RIM's headquarters in Canada to hear the latest plans to save the struggling company.

Temenos announces senior management changes and preliminary licence revenues for Q2 2012

Temenos Group has announced senior management changes as well as its preliminary estimates for Q2 2012 licence revenues and a revised full year outlook.

Estonia's LHV Chooses Advent for Asset Management‎

Asset Manager Implements Advent(R) to Improve Compliance and Client Reporting

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