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QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... long-term ESG policy. With PhDs in environmental policy and legal framework for sustainable investment from the University of Oxford, Molinari has a strong track record working in the sector. Prior to her role with the Queensland Government, Molinari ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... participants actually have blockchain initiatives underway at present to support it. The research, undertaken in partnership with Oxford Economics, reveals that 62% of asset owners believe blockchain will achieve the scale needed for adoption; however ...

Australians overconfident when it comes to income risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... illness. The research conducted in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, surveyed more than 11,000 people in 11 countries to find out how aware people are of risk, why and how they seek to protect ...

One in four willing to switch advisers: EY survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... management clients representing a broad spectrum of segments including wealth level, age, region and gender were surveyed by Oxford Economics for this report. EY also conducted interviews with more than 60 wealth management executives globally to better ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The University of Oxford and Man AHL have announced that the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) will expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University's department of engineering and science from 1 August 2016. The expansion ...

Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The University of Oxford has announced it will cease any future investments in coal and tar sands. Although the university said it will not divest from all fossil fuels, it's the latest in a group of academic institutions - including New Zealand's Victoria ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... consumers should rejoice and... there's more of 'em than suppliers. For instance, Bloomberg printed a chart produced by Oxford Economics showing "the effect on GDP growth in 2015-16 of oil at $40 a barrel vs. $84" on a number of countries (I counted ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... intelligence, which puts it among the 10 professions most likely to be computerised in the next 10-20 years, according to Oxford University's Oxford Martin Program research into the impacts of future technology. "The trend is clear: computers increasingly ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... affecting the world today. Malleret's career has spanned investment banking, think tanks and academia (both in New York and Oxford) and in government (with a three-year spell in the Prime Minister's office in Paris). He headed the Global Risk Network ...