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AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
AustralianSuper announced it would be one of 600 companies globally to participate in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Early Access Program (EAP). AustralianSuper's chief technology officer Mike Backeberg said the move to introduce artificial intelligence ...

AI is not the 'Wild West': Longo

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... future regulatory changes related to AI should not be taken to mean that AI isn't already regulated. "Earlier this month Microsoft's AI Tech & Policy Lead in Asia said that '2024 will be the year that we start to build sensible, safe, and expandable ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... AI-related stocks. Equities returned 21% for the fund, with the biggest contribution coming from technology companies like Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, and Meta. The technology sector contributed $129 billion, while consumer discretionary followed, delivering ...

Betashares launches cash plus managed fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... including Australia, that demonstrate strong and consistent free cash flow generation. Some of the companies include Microsoft, Visa and Adobe. Last month, Betashares also introduced its FTSE 100 Currency Hedged, which aimed to offer local investors ...

Betashares to bring Cash Flow Kings ETF to market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... including Australia, that demonstrate strong and consistent free cash flow generation. Some of the companies include Microsoft, Visa and Adobe. The index it will track has outperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index by 2.31% per annum since May 2006 ...

Magellan mulls converting closed-end fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... the end of June, the fund had total net assets of $9.8 billion comprising $7 billion in MGOC and $2.8 billion in MGF. Microsoft, Amazon, UnitedHealth Group, Intuit, and MasterCard are some of its top holdings. MGF shrunk the discount gap from 22.6% (9 ...

Global X launches US tech ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
... 100 companies listed on the NASDAQ, excluding financials and REITs. It holds the likes of Nvidia, Google, Apple, and Microsoft. According to Global X, it is the most affordable ETF of its kind in Australia with a management fee of 0.24% per annum - as ...

AI-fuelled narrow market challenges diversification: Epoch

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... which continue to account for more than half of the broad index return. Unsurprisingly, these stocks include Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA Corporation, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, and Google. "When looking at the S&P 500 versus the S&P 500 equally weighted index ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... Companies in Asia option which returned 21%, owed largely to the fact that about 20% of the option is invested in Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet. It also invests in Nvidia, AMD and ASML, as well as strong performer LVMH. Tech also had an influence over ...

US regulators launch investigation into OpenAI

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... research firm that owns ChatGBT, to evaluate possible negligence and consumer harm. In a 20-page document sent to the Microsoft-backed AI firm, regulators demanded detailed records of OpenAI's policies and procedures and said the subject of the investigation ...
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