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UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... and Climate Opportunities Fund (MGECO). MGECO is an open-ended fund that invests in large scale, mature sustainable technologies to support the transition to net zero and help meet sustainable energy needs in Australia and overseas. It aims to provide ...

Global X adds new AI ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... applications," Metcalf said. "GXAI offers investors a way to target the rapid advancements and capabilities of AI technologies across a range of industries and a diversified selection of companies.: Metcalf believes there is a big appetite for AI-related ...

Perennial renews contract with SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
Perennial Partners has reappointed SS&C Technologies Holdings as its unit registry services provider. The fund manager is sticking with SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS), which will provide unit registry services for its exchange-traded ...

Australian Ethical eyes small caps as play for advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... Notably, the fund's current top picks, especially in the tech sector, include Gentrack, Bravura Solutions, Mach7 Technologies, Ansarada, and Janison Education. Australian Ethical has long favoured small caps, overweighing them in its flagship Australian ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... their toolset, so we need to provide the right onboarding, education and training to ensure they get value out of technologies like Copilot for Microsoft 365." AustralianSuper's adoption of AI is not a new endeavour. Since 2016, it has actively used ...

Iress sells mortgages arm to Bain Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... months if certain milestones are met. Last year, Iress also sold its managed fund administration business to SS&C Technologies for $52 million. The current effective interest rate across Iress' drawn borrowings is approximately 6%. It is expected that ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... automated by 2030. But, as US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler recently highlighted, while new technologies often generate buzz, they may also give rise to false claims, possibly presaging a proliferation of AI washing - mispresenting ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... the portfolio "as one of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers, and a key player in developing the necessary technologies to support the global transition to renewable energies (being clearly consistent with the climate-focussed objectives of the ...

QIC, super funds pour more into Queensland space tech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
QIC, Hostplus and HESTA are among backers to invest a further $55 million into Gold Coast-based Gilmour Space Technologies. Gilmour recently completed a Series D funding round, aimed at raising capital to support the manufacture, test and launch of ...

AustralianSuper calls for an 'account for life'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... planning. It proposed updating advice regulations to be technology neutral, enabling the adoption of AI and similar technologies, with appropriate protections. "Retirement is deeply personal. There is no one size fits all, as each retiree has their own ...
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