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MSCI launches life sciences indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
MSCI is launching a set of indices that target megatrends and innovation in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The partnership with Nasdaq-listed Royalty Pharma will measure the performance of companies focused on delivering new and innovative ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... Michaelia Cash replaced Christian Porter as attorney-general and industrial relations minister. Minister for industry, science and technology Karen Andrews is the new home affairs minister. Assistant minister to the attorney general Amanda Stoker took ...

Tech, behavioural science to engage clients

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... better financial decisions, according to behavioural finance experts. Oxford Risk said blending technology and behavioural science leads to a comprehensive suitable approach that recognises the complexity of each client and their emotional needs over ...

Buffett doesn't want to report on diversity, climate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... manages climate-related risks and opportunities; and, 3. An examination of the feasibility of the Company establishing science-based, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets, consistent with limiting climate change to well-below 2C," according to filings. ...

Economic recovery has been stronger than expected: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... that business investment kick into gear and pointed to many opportunities for investment in IT, digitisation, and data science. "Investment in these areas is critical to lifting our nation's productive capacity. In many ways data is the new oil of ...

Rest expands member engagement team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... appointed as the general manager of member insights and strategy. His new role involves leading member analytics, data science, market research, 'voice of customer', and dashboarding teams, and guiding strategic insights into operational delivery. He ...

Business investment slow to click into gear: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... generation and distribution, health and social services, food production, advanced manufacturing and digitalisation and data science. So, there is no shortage of areas where additional investment would help our economy grow."

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... widely accepted e-reader and the Echo listening device. After completing his degree in electrical engineering and computer science, Bezos worked for several Wall Street companies. He left his job at global investment company D.E. Shaw to launch the online ...

Money does buy happiness: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Despite the well-known saying to the contrary, new research suggests money does in fact buy happiness. A study conducted by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the US found that while personal wellbeing does not increase above ...

Waste key to economic recovery: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... for a new circular economy strategy that turns landfill into economic returns. CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall said science and technology can drive Australia's next wave of economic opportunities. "Australia is among the world's best in ...