AGF Goes Wireless with Pyxis Mobile; Canada's premier investment management company connects sales force and management to enterprise data with Pyxis Mobile.WALTHAM, Mass. -- Pyxis Mobile, Inc., a leading provider of innovative wireless software that promotes asset growth for the investment industry, today announced that AGF AGF Assurances Générales de France AGF Army Ground Forces AGF American Growth Fund (mutual fund) AGF American General Finance AGF Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Grossforschungseinrichtungen AGF Anatomic Gift Foundation AGF Assume Good Faith has implemented Pyxis' mPlatform(R) as the company's wireless software solution. The installation of both mWholesaler(R) and mReports(TM) was accomplished in conjunction with AGF's rollout of Research In Motion's (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. ; TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :RIM) BlackBerry(R) 7290 handheld devices, offered by Roger's Wireless. One of Canada's largest and most respected investment management companies, AGF has offices across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. , global subsidiaries, more than $33 billion in total assets, and serves more than forty thousand financial advisors managing over one million investor accounts. AGF relies on a large mobile sales force to support this network of clients and services, and chose Pyxis Mobile to provide these sales representatives immediate access to enterprise data, including vital sales, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and other back-office data to improve the efficiency of internal and external sales operations. "mWholesaler enables our mobile sales team to access and input data at the point of contact, improving the quality of information across the enterprise," said Steve Elioff, senior vice president, AGF. "Pyxis Mobile allows us to be more effective at managing advisor relationships which, in turn, is leading to better sales results. The installation happened very fast and the sales team has adopted this new tool without reservations." Providing a solution focused to the specific needs of wholesalers, mWholesaler allows AGF reps to wirelessly access contact details from existing CRM systems and can access rep, branch and firm level sales history. Designed for executive management, mReports provides internal management daily dashboards summarizing up-to-date sales activities, in addition to daily reports highlighting investment updates, company financial summaries, operation activities and IT status. mReports also provides the ability to develop reports in a wide array of formats and charts using an intuitive graphical administrative console. Together, the two applications help improve the communication between both internal and external AGF sales resources. The installation of mWholesaler and mReports at AGF highlights the increasing popularity of Pyxis Mobile within the global financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. market. Already in use at 10 of the top 20 asset managers in the U.S., and in numerous other financial services firms outside of the mutual fund marketplace, Pyxis Mobile has solidified so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. its position as the number one provider of wireless software for the financial services marketplace. About AGF AGF is one of Canada's premier investment management companies with offices across Canada and subsidiaries around the world. With approximately $33 billion in total assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. , AGF serves more than one million investors with offerings across the wealth continuum. AGF's products and services include a diversified family of over 50 mutual funds, AGF Harmony tailored investment program, AGF Private Investment Management and AGF Trust GICs, loans and mortgages. About Pyxis Mobile Pyxis Mobile delivers innovative wireless software that promotes asset growth for the investment industry. Pyxis' mPlatform solutions provide a suite of industry tailored wireless applications that extend critical business data from existing enterprise systems to the handheld devices demanded by mobile financial professionals. To date, mPlatform applications are in use at 10 of the top 20 asset managers and Pyxis Mobile's client list includes companies such as PIMCO PIMCO Pacific Investment Management Company , Putnam, AIM, Manulife, Evergreen, Hines, Deutche Asset Management, Essex Corporation, IXIS, Pioneer, Eaton Vance Eaton Vance is an American financial services company headquartered in Boston, MA. It is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EV.[1] At the end of the second quarter of the 2006 fiscal year, the company had assets under management of $118.8 billion. , and John Hancock. For more information, contact Pyxis Mobile at 781.997.0328 or visit www.pyxismobile.com. |
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