Technology – Page 8
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Special ReportTechnology: The race is on
China’s rapid rise in the technology stakes is causing tension among other world-leading manufacturing countries
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Special ReportRare earths: The building blocks of tech
Everything from batteries, visual displays, catalytic convertors to military hardware are reliant upon rare earths in their production. Unfortunately, investment opportunities in rare earths are not as widely available as their potential uses
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NewsNew players waiting in the wings for Dutch administration market
International companies including Capgemini and Tata could drive innovation as part of pensions reform, says consultancy firm Quint
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Nordic roundup: Alecta ramps up robotics ahead of 2023 ITP bid
Sweden’s biggest pension fund reports H1 results, while Denmark’s PFA puts €180m into Dutch green bonds
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German quartet takes stake in ESG data provider Arabesque S-Ray
Allianz X, DWS, Commerz Real and Land Hessen back quant asset manager’s proprietary technology for monitoring corporates’ ESG performance
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NewsNorthern Trust transfers private equity blockchain tech to Broadridge
Broadridge will develop technology ‘to provide data and analytics tools connecting private equity lifecycle for all market participants’
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PGGM attributes €11m loss to ‘complex IT modernisation’
The €211bn asset manager said its investments outperformed for pension fund clients, in particular credit, real estate and infrastructure
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L&G launches blockchain-based pension insurance platform [updated]
Legal & General has teamed up with Amazon to develop a blockchain-based pension risk transfer process, dubbed Estua-re
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NewsCorporate climate-related financial information ‘still insufficient’: TCFD
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures uses artificial intelligence to analyse effectiveness of disclosures on climate-related issues
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Technology roundup: Blockchain-based fund trading system launches
Calastone claims world first in streamlined fund trading, while French-owned blockchain platform Iznes targets European growth
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Pension funds falling short on cybersecurity, regulator warns
De Nederlandsche Bank says schemes’ monitoring of internal and external IT security is insufficient
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‘Attractive entry point’ for cryptocurrencies following price crash
Institutional investors should consider an allocation to cryptocurrencies, according to Cambridge Associates
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Country ReportAsset manager roundup: Natixis launches thematics affiliate
Plus: Willis Towers Watson appoints tech provider for fiduciary business; BNP Paribas steps up sustainability efforts
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Special ReportPension tech for dummies
There is no shortage of new technologies that can improve retirement outcomes for pension fund members
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Special ReportData and processes: The IT diet
Sophisticated data and analytics processes should drive better control in investment functions
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Chris Sier: Data brings freedom
A UK fintech envoy talks about the potential for technology to empower investors
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Special ReportAPG: How a giant stays agile
APG’s Growth Factory takes a radical approach to tech disruption, following the vision of director Joep Beukers
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Automation pushes APG to cut 60 jobs at administration arm
Provider cites continuing digitisation and automation as main cause of headcount reduction
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NewsAccounting roundup: Kingman on the FRC; Carillion audit report
Also: FRC reports on current and future use of artificial intelligence in accounting and corporate reporting
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NewsPension dashboard requires compulsion, UK providers say
Government must focus on security of financial data, warns Association of Consulting Actuaries
