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Technology a tool not a threat: Avaloq

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... more and deliver a superior service." Nearly three quarters of end-investors believe the use of technology such as AI, robotics and automation will be defining sector trends of the future and 69% consider low cost when establishing a service provider. ...

Hostplus invests in vegan meat, sustainability

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... alternative. The $48 billion industry fund's annual report outlined the investments in medical technology, vegan food, robotics and solar, all of which are aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals. "Today, and into the future, we believe these ...

Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... considers as active strategies. Most of its products are broad-based and the manager stays away from niche sectors like robotics or even ASX subsectors like financials. However, gold, given its safe harbour status and recent inflows (ETFS Physical Gold ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... theme dominating the industry is technology, with US$97.3 billion in assets under management globally. Within technology, robotics and automation proves to be the most dominant theme. "With over US$27 billion in assets, robotics and automation is the ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... one of the Top 100 most responsible companies in the US. The company has also been lauded for its use of technology and robotics in its logistics business. Last year, Forbes published an article on XPO with the title 'Better than Amazon?' But ...

Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... Investment Managers is set to add a new affiliate that will run thematic strategies including artificial intelligence, robotics, water and safety. Thematics Asset Management will start operating under the Natixis IM banner in the second quarter and will ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... income. Product launches in the ETF space have picked up with most new products targeting thematic investments (like robotics, Asian stocks) or actively managed investments. "Product development has been significant in September - the number of products ...

Nikko launches global disruption fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... ARK's disruptive innovation strategy - investing in "the leaders, enablers and beneficiaries" of innovations focused on robotics, automation, energy storage, genomic sequencing and next generation internet technologies. Nikko said ARK's definition of ...

Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... investment approaches. In light of this, Aberdeen's quantitative investment strategies team has collaborated with Japanese robotics and financial technology think-tank Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Investment Technology Institute Mitsubishi (MTEC) and UFJ Trust ...

BetaShares to launch three tech ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... themes in the technology ecosystem. They will cover large Asian tech companies (ASIA), blockchain companies (BLOK) and the robotics and the artificial intelligence sector (RBTZ). The three ETFs have been under development at BetaShares for over 12 months ...