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New sales lead at ethical manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
An ethical fund manager with a new range of separately managed accounts has appointed a sales lead. Ethical Funds Management has appointed Peter Evans to the role of business development manager for their range of SMAs. Evans comes from BNP Paribas ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Delahunty told Financial Standard the fund was already excluding those investments nationally, and wanted to expand the practice. "When we originally excluded companies providing services to asylum seeker processing centres it was focused on Australia," ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... CBA sold customers overpriced insurance. The law firm filed proceedings against CommInsure on August 21. Class Actions practice leader Craig Allsopp said group members were entitled to compensation because they incurred financial losses as a result of ...

Paradice appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Paradice Investment Management has added a head of ESG to its investment team, hiring from Ausbil Investment Management. Nicholas Varco will work with Paradice's investment team in integrating environmental, social and governance factors including climate ...

WAM names new board member

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... be an invaluable member of the WAM Capital board of directors." Pancino is currently a director and industry solutions practice lead at Google Asia Pacific, based in Sydney. Previously, he has worked with Commonwealth Bank as its executive general manager ...

Lack of transparency in ESG funds criticised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... like fossil fuels, gambling, tobacco, or deforestation. For many investors, ESG integration might sound good, but in practice it will often fail to meet their expectations," Adams said. Most investors might expect an ESG strategy to align with sustainability ...

Banks to be questioned on COVID-19 response

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The big four banks are set to face the House of Representatives Economics Committee to discuss their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Committee chair Tim Wilson said the hearings are part of the parliament's role in publicly scrutinising and holding ...

Actuary of the Year named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... said. "The group has provided strong guidance to the profession in unprecedented times, across a very broad range of practice areas. It has resulted in 17 pandemic briefings and more than 70 articles." Actuaries Institute president Hoa Bui said Lang's ...

APRA issues new licence conditions on NULIS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
APRA has issued directions and imposed new licence conditions on NULIS Nominees to improve its governance and controls to ensure members' best interests. The directions and additional licence conditions require NULIS to record how it considers members' ...

Dealer group investment head departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... transformation program delivery position. His role there involved being the chief architect of Centrepoint's data feed practice management platform. Earlier in Pitt's career he worked in product and strategy for VenturaFM and was a business development ...