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Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... regulating AI are facing pressure from citizens to ensure their safety. Given the market imperative, big technology companies have turbocharged their AI efforts to ensure they are on the front of the wave, more interested in speed than safety, Hebner ...

Mayfair 101 regains control of assets, liquidators abandon claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... appointed to IPO Wealth reached a settlement in which the liquidators abandoned all claims against Mawhinney and his companies. It was approved by the Supreme Court of Victoria in November of that year, but its terms remained confidential as part of ...

Ontario Teachers' massively underperforms benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... in the US. We significantly underperformed our benchmarks in 2023 due primarily to a lower allocation to those public companies that performed extremely well throughout the year, most notably the 'magnificent seven' technology stocks," he said. ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... both play a role in perpetuating a system where women are paid less than men." It's also been recommended that all companies with more than 50 employees be required to report on their gender pay gap - currently, this only applies to companies with ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... basis, thanks to strength in Europe, the UK and Japan. In Australia however the picture was not as positive. Australian companies grew their dividends or kept them steady, behind the 85% global average. However, the increases were not enough to offset ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... recently, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) took more direct initiatives from early 2023, resulting in a directive that listed companies are compelled to disclose plans to improve profitability and company valuations. "The intention is to improve capital ...

MetLife chair Geoff Brunsdon retires after 13 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Wakefield-Evans is a highly respected and experienced non-executive director of significant ASX-listed, government and private companies. She is also an M&A and equity capital markets lawyer with extensive governance experience. "MetLife is at a turning ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... shares. The number of WAM Leaders shares will be determined by a formula based on the pre-tax net tangible assets of both companies. Alternatively, QVE shareholders may choose to receive cash for their shares at a 2.5% discount. QVE shareholders will ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... market valuations are realistic support by data showing private equity's stronger revenue and EBITDA compared to public companies in 2022 and 2023. It attributed this to better sector selection and a greater ability to create paths for operational growth. ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... considering potential risks, Butler adds. Notwithstanding this, Finura joint managing director Peter Worn says several companies still cavalierly use the term AI to signal a growth strategy to investors, often lacking genuine substance behind the claim. ...