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Aussie blockchain investor goes global

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... "Blockchain and DLT represent the next evolution of a distributed database. We are seeing widespread adoption from JP Morgan, Facebook, IBM, Starbucks, Fidelity, Nasdaq, ASX etc." "Global banks are either developing their own protocol/solution or are ...

New Zealand investors call for action after attacks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... investors involved to 23, with total assets under management of more than NZD$800 billion. The group aims to convince Facebook, Twitter and Google they need to strengthen controls to prevent the live streaming and sharing of profoundly disturbing footage ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, many are questioning the role of Facebook in investment portfolios. After the social media giant live streamed the shootings, ethical investors have been forced to consider whether Facebook genuinely ...

Australian Ethical mulls Facebook divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Australian Ethical is assessing its investments in Facebook after the social media giant allowed the recent mass shootings in Christchurch to be live streamed. Australian Ethical told Financial Standard it currently holds about $8 million in Facebook ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... that did the rounds after the Brexit vote -- "Brexit was like the UK got drunk and accidentally unfriended Europe on Facebook." (Leo Kearse) Laugh if you must but unless the Brexit issue is settled, nobody would be clicking "like" for the UK. "...don't ...

Donations now accepted via Instagram

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... to make a donation in their bio or do a sponsored post. The Instagram donation feature follows from its parent company Facebook's success with a similar functionality. Facebook introduced charity tools in 2015. In November last year, Facebook said users ...

Young Aussies backing world's biggest brands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... investors rising by 73% and Gen Y climbing 20%. This, in turn, drove up demand for international shares such as Netflix and Facebook by 30% year on year. "These are serious investors, who are studying the local and international sharemarkets closely ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... companies will need to add female directors to comply with the law." This list includes some of the big players such as Facebook which currently has two of nine directors are women, while Apple has two female directors out of a total of nine, she said. ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... rebundle financial services products in a way unseen in the Australian market. The tech war between US FAANG stocks (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) and their Chinese BAT counterparts (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) will dictate the eventual ...

You got me at like: Advisers tap social to retain clients

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... certified champions of social media as a client retention strategy. There's the usual stuff: an Instagram account, a Facebook page and a snazzy-looking website. But then there's the level-up material: SEO-optimised video content, different landing ...