16th November 2005 - Coin Software Pty Ltd today announced that it has achieved the Number One ranking
for the second consecutive year in the Investment Trends' independent 2005 Competitive Analysis Report for
Planning Software.
The ranking was awarded after Investment Trends reviewed financial planning applications available within
Australia.
Coin Software Managing Director, Tony Graham, said Coin is very pleased to achieve the top ranking
for the second year in a row.
"This is very pleasing for us to be ranked Number One again in 2005," Mr Graham said.
"We have put a great deal of effort into meeting the needs of our clients and introduce a level of
functionality that has continued to develop during the past 12 months.
"We believe that the new functionality that we will be introducing during the next 12 months will
help us maintain that market leading position."
Mr Graham said that the key items that will be released during the next 12 months include a risk
comparison module, stronger integration with selected platforms including automatic population of
application forms and processing of transactions, increasing the range of data feeds from platforms
and CRM enhancements.
"Coin is focused on providing a high quality product for our clients which is backed by high
quality sales and support," Mr Graham said.
Coin software has experienced rapid growth in both the institutional and boutique sectors during the
past 12 months.
"What is most pleasing to us is the amount of referral business that we are attracting at the moment
where clients are referring Coin to their colleagues," Mr Graham said.
"We have also been pleased with our ability to provide reference sites from our existing client base
for clients when they are evaluating our product," Mr Graham said.
"We are very confident in our ability to continue to meet clients needs and continue to develop the
functionality and service initiatives that will keep us at the forefront of the financial planning
software industry."
