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ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... aims to deliver above-market returns. The fund tracks the MSCI AC World (Net) (AUD) Index and invests namely in the technology, financials, healthcare, consumer discretionary, industrials, consumer staples, and materials sectors. It currently has large ...

Aware Super appoints ESG, product and insurance heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... the promotion of David Evans to the newly created role of head of product and insurance, Industry Moves reports. The technology-savvy executive - with an extensive life insurance and superannuation background - was elevated from head of insurance, a ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... encourage all businesses to ensure they're prepared." Deloitte has partnered with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), one of Australia's highest-ranking universities, to develop a new course to help corporate professionals to meet sustainability-related ...

DEI winner takes home top prize

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... sponsored by L'Oréal, winners of the 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. The awards celebrate net zero action, technology, agriculture and regional development, and sustainable tourism. Banksia Foundation CEO Graz van Egmond said the social ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... universities, research institutions, and innovative businesses, the economy would be bolstered by 42,000 new jobs. Science & Technology Australia (STA) president, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) professor Sharath Sriram made the case at ...

Deutsche Bank links 33% of long-term bonuses to non-financial targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... year. The bank also outlined progress on its sustainability agenda and targets, including governance and operations; technology, data and innovation; and employees and corporate social responsibility. Deutsche Bank aims to provide €500 billion of sustainable ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... companies that are quick to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) systems but slow to grasp the governance risks when the technology fails. Professor Nicholas Davis, a leading academic on emerging technologies from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... regime of the Southeast Asian nation. These include defence-related companies such as Elbit Systems, AviChina Industry & Technology, and Bharat Electronics - companies which allegedly sold weapons and military supplies to the regime after the military ...

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... framework will be the first global methodology that allows collaborative CCS hubs and shared infrastructure for CCS technology deployment. The consultation will run until April 15, 2024. Human Rights Watch reports carbon credit scheme Cambodia's largest ...