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COVID-19 upends business travel, technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
The leaders of major organisations will travel less and accelerate digital transformation ahead of other investments thanks to the way COVID-19 has disrupted operations, a Westpac survey found. Over 110 chief executives canvassed in Westpac's Asia ...

Praemium develops relationship with US platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... initial 4% stake on Qualis via Powerwrap. And has since taken up its entitlements in a rights issue "to fund growth initiative". "When it comes to investing in alternative assets, we believe the Qualis approach is a game changer," Praemium chief executive ...

Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... businesses. Moreover, the September quarter numbers were gathered prior to the government's announcement of a new initiative aimed at boosting business investment - expanding the business expense tax break that allows companies with more than A$5 ...

Nabtrade brokerage to support rural youth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... mission was to protect children from violence, and the year prior The Luke Batty Foundation was the beneficiary of the initiative. Meanwhile, NAB was given the second highest score for the banking and financial services sector in Australia in the 2020 ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... recommendations to transform Australia's financial system to sustainable outcomes. The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative has released its final roadmap, outlining 37 recommendations to enable the financial services sector. In conjunction with ...

SSGA names global investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
State Street Global Advisors has welcomed a new global chief investment officer who will have oversight of the local business. Lori Heinel has been promoted to the new role after serving as deputy global chief investment officer since 2016 when she ...

Super fund joins climate initiative

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
A $54 billion industry fund, a mining company and a professional services firm have joined an initiative to tackle emissions in supply chains by 2050. Cbus, Fortescue Metal Group and Aurecon have signed on to the Australian Industry Energy Transitions ...

Zurich joins reconciliation plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... predominately through strategic collaborations with the Raise Foundation, Beyond Empathy and the Tackle Your Feelings initiative. "These collaborations are a first step for Zurich to identify opportunities to increase and to refine our contribution to ...

ASX market outage lasts all day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... outage, we are determined to continue our program of contemporising ASX's technology stack from top to bottom. This initiative is critical to ASX building an exchange for the future and ensuring we best serve the needs of our customers and the Australian ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... super fund will work with initiatives such as Climate Action (CA) 100+, the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative and Climate League 2030 to achieve its target. It has also committed to invest $1 billion in renewables by the end of 2022. ...