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Invesco inks ESG plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... its role is to engage with its current holdings as well as search out and find new issuers that are investing in technologies that aim to limit the temperature increase while creating value for investors. "This would be a long-term climate strategy that ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... businesses if they take a proactive approach to getting into this race." A better understanding of new innovative technologies and the opportunities within the Australian industry will be a key focus of the alliance, Skarbek said. "The good news is that ...

MSCI shifts to the cloud with Microsoft alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... sophisticated investors, including asset managers and owners, hedge funds and banks by leveraging Microsoft's cloud and AI technologies. The companies will initially focus on migrating its index and analytics solutions onto the Azure cloud platform ...

European robo-adviser eyes Australia, taps Westpac exec

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... suite of products," he said. Industry super funds were particularly well placed to take advantage of automated advice technologies, he said. "Keeping people interested in the funds that they're accumulating is really important and the ability for ...

Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... information officer for Star Entertainment, where he provided strategic leadership across the group's daily operations and technologies. Prior to his role at Star, De Angelis spent more than 11 years with AMP, serving as its head of information technology ...

US surpasses Asia Pacific for HNWI growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... their business and operating models to be more agile and resilient. Analytics and automation as well as emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, can enable firms to enhance revenues through better client experiences while reducing costs by ...

First State to dump $40m of thermal coal holdings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... potential for stranded assets. It will also set targets, fund-wide, for investments in renewable energy and future technologies. First State says it will also play a greater stewardship role in engaging with companies on their individual emission reduction ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... giant has launched a US$2 billion venture capital fund, set to invest in companies building products, services, and technologies that protect the planet. Amazon said its newly launched Climate Pledge Fund would help the tech giant and other companies ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... defraud Australians," ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard said. "Over the last decade, scammers have taken advantage of new technologies and current scams are using social media apps and new payment methods that didn't exist in 2009." According to data ...

Asset managers leverage tech, outsourcing for growth

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... area over the next two years. To achieve these priorities, the survey found that asset managers plan to leverage new technologies (64%) and change their product strategies (55%), as well as considering merger and acquisition possibilities (41%) and outsourcing ...