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Governments must act on net zero: Morningstar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... Managers Initiative. The survey comes after FINSIA came out urging the financial services industry to increase climate science skills to prevent negative risks on the economy.

Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
As the COP26 summit continues, an industry body is calling on the need for greater climate science skills in the financial services industry. FINSIA believes without climate science skills, financial services organisations are at a great risk of negatively ...

Honan acquires Modern Risk Solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Honan Insurance Group has acquired Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance and risk advisory specialist focused on emerging tech, startup and life sciences. The acquisition sees Modern Risk continue operating as a discrete entity, to be referred to as Modern ...

IOOF to adopt new name, brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... scouring internal and external research to ensure a data-driven decision was made. "Marketing is as much art as it is science," Mota said. It marks the natural next step for IOOF, he said, reinforcing the group's desire to be known as a financial ...

Rest firms up net zero pathway

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... more than 10% of revenue from thermal coal, with the caveat "unless the company has a credible net zero by 2050 plan or science-based targets". "We will advocate for an economy-wide reduction of emissions of 45% by 2030, based on 2005 levels, particularly ...

Students opt for healthcare over finance: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
A survey by the CFA Institute shows that more university students and new graduates want to work in healthcare and science than in finance. Out of the 1000 respondents who took part in the global survey, more Australians see themselves working in healthcare ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... CSIRO Innovation Fund, managed by Main Sequence. "We created the fund to bridge the gap that separates great Australian science and traditional investors, so we can translate more great Australian science into real-world solutions that make life better ...

HESTA to support young women in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... Returnship Program which encourages mature-aged workers to retrain in areas of skill shortages such as tech, digital and data science. "A lot of people at HESTA find they're doing some of the best work of their careers that's helping improve outcomes ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
The funds management industry is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt data science and machine learning. A panel at this afternoon's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference hosted by State Super chief investment ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... don't have enough STEM-qualified teachers. It said 45% of school principals that responded to its survey said maths and science classes were being taught by teachers not fully qualified. "The consequences of declining higher maths participation in school ...