Next Financial and Bravura extend relationship
Private investment manager Next Financial has signed Bravura Solutions for another two years as the administration systems provider for both its individually and separately managed accounts.
Over the past three years, the global supplier of wealth management applications and professional services has provided Next Financial with systems support, service delivery and strategic consulting to implement a number of software enhancements specific to its business.
“The wide functional coverage of Bravura’s Complete Investment Manager technology and business process solutions will enable Next Financial to offer our customers access to innovative, tax effective and individualised products,” said Next Financial managing director Peter Kennedy.
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