Tech Vendors Target Enterprise ESG Reporting

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting is hitting the mainstream, as two big tech vendors this week have announced efforts to help enterprise organizations manage their efforts with regard to this major trend. ServiceNow has announced a new integrated ESG solution, powered by its Now digital workflow platform.

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Weigh EUDG for Premier European Dividends

Global dividends are rebounding at a remarkable pace this year, and Europe is participating in that trend. As encouraging as this trend is, it’s not an invitation for investors to eschew selectivity. The rampant dividend cutting — Europe was a big offender — experienced in 2020 at the hands of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic serves as a reminder that investors need to focus on durability, quality, and sustainability when it comes to equity income.

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Leveraging APIs to create value for telco ecosystems: STC’s digital transformation

Editor’s note : Today we hear from Haitham AlFaraj, Senior Vice President of Technology and Operations, Yazeed Alfaris, Vice President of Application, and Faisal Alhatlani, Applications Planning & Control GM from STC, which does business as “STC.” Since 1998, STC has been a telecommunications leader in Saudi Arabia and the surrounding region.

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Go With GLIN for India’s Bright Prospects

Indian equities are among the best emerging markets performers this year. While the MSCI India Index is up an impressive 25%, some exchange traded funds are doing even better. For example, the VanEck Vectors India Growth Leaders ETF ( GLIN ) is higher by 35% — a strong indication that tilting toward Indian growth stocks is a winning strategy.

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136 Year Old Johnson Controls Has A Plan To Become Digital To Its Core

Johnson Controls digital, information, and technology chiefs Credit: JCI Most companies of consequence have a chief information officer. Many others have chief technology officers, who might be the heads of product and engineering for a tech-centric company, or, for some non-tech sector companies, might be the heads of infrastructure or tech savvy leaders reporting to less technical chief information officers.

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5 things to know about the LPWAN market in 2021

Key insights : The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market had strong growth over the past two years despite COVID-19 and chipset shortages, according to the latest LPWAN Four technologies account for over 95% of the global installed base. Adoption is strongest in China and the smart metering use case. The migration away from second generation/third generation (2G/3G) technology is happening slowly, while low-power satellite IoT connectivity is increasing.

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AGG Isn’t the Only Core Bond Option

The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ( AGG A+ ) isn’t the end-all-be-all for getting core bond exposure when there are options from FlexShares to consider. One such fund that can serve as an AGG alternative is the FlexShares Core Select Bond Fund ( BNDC ) .

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