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The Sydney-based Bravura (ASX: BVA: quote), which has a market capitalisation of $207.3 million, said in a statement: "These discussions are incomplete and no agreement has been reached."

A broking source told Dow Jones Newswires that Computershare (ASX: CPU: quote) may bid for the financial services software firm.

The person said Computershare is looking at paying $2 a share, and that two private equity firms are also among the interested parties.

Bravura shares last traded at $1.46.