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Scaled advice tools on the rise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... efficiency. Heine wrote in the report that the best businesses also focus on what they're good out, and outsource activities like social media management. They also see the potential in artificial intelligence and robo-advice in client servicing and ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... capital markets towards sustainable investment approaches in order to protect the financial system from environmental and social risk, and support the achievement of the emissions reductions to meet the commitments of the 2016 Paris Agreement. The Australian ...

New boutique awards mandate to RBC I&TS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... Australian equities core fund, serves as chief investment officer. The boutique aims to deliver competitive market returns via a social and environmental impact strategy aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals, investing in Australian and New Zealand ...

Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... to be a particular concern. Specifically, banks are concerned with attempts by fraudsters to gain customer data through social engineering attacks which coerce customers to reveal private information. KPMG global fraud lead and partner of the firm's ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... pollution - that which limited production from factories to improve air quality - China has a bigger Trump to fry and a "social" obligation to prevent its economy from slowing below this year's GDP targeted growth of 6.0-6.5%. Infrastructure equals ...

Industry fund secures stake in asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... impact investment market and to designing and delivering high-quality investment solutions to meet investors' financial, social and environmental goals." Equally, responsibility chair Reto Schnarwiler said the firm is delighted to welcome Christian Super ...

Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... Jenkinson said. The firms offer geographic diversification and apply analytical rigour in incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into fundamental analysis while maintaining a long-term investment horizon, she added. "This is the culmination ...

Facebook to launch own currency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The social media giant revealed plans for its first financial services product, a digital wallet and its own cryptocurrency. Facebook is set to launch its own digital wallet in 2020, to allow people to access and participate in the Libra network, Facebook's ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... exclusion," Amundi co-head of EM fixed income said. "We have seen a significant interest in investments with an Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) anchor and Nest's announcement today shows the organisation's determination to take the lead and ...

Facebook dropped from ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
Facebook has been dropped from the S&P 500 ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Index after a series of scandals brought the company's ethics into question. The S&P 500 ESG Index underwent its annual rebalance at the end of April and removed several ...