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CalPERS adds chief equity officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
The California Public Employees' Retirement System is boosting its ESG capabilities with the appointment of its first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. Marlene Timberlake D'Adamo has been appointed to the role effective immediately. ...

Maine forces pension funds to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
The state of Maine has become the first in the United States to pass legislation forcing its pension fund to divest fossil fuels. Last week, Maine passed bill LD99; an act to require the state to divest itself of assets invested in the fossil fuel industry. ...

iFactFind launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
The new cloud-based fact-find solution that aims to provide a more dynamic financial advice process has launched. Developed by co-founders Paul Moran and Sahil Matta, iFactFind provides advisers a comprehensive, interactive digital fact-find. For prospective ...

Fostering the ageing workforce

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
More women entering the workforce later in life and Australians delaying retirement has led to the doubling of those aged over 55 in the workforce and they could offset adverse economic impacts, according to CEPAR. The Centre of Excellence in Population ...

Iress hires head of product design

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
The financial services software company hired a global head of product as it looks to focus on design innovation. Amir Ansari joins from digital consultant firm Transpire where he was director of user experience. He is also currently chair and mentor ...

PRI chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
The chief executive for the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment has stepped down after being in the role for almost a decade. Fiona Reynolds has been chief executive of the PRI since 2013. She joined the responsible investing group ...

JANA appoints head of sustainability

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
JANA has hired Westpac's executive manager for risk for the newly created role of head of sustainability. Rachel Halpern will work closely with JANA's head of responsible investment Tim Conly, taking the team to six people, the firm said. Halpern will ...

Prince urges funds to join sustainability initiative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Addressing the annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, the Prince of Wales has asked Australia's super funds to get involved in his Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Prince used his appearance to discuss the latest work from his Sustainable ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
An Order of Australia recipient has been named the new chair of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, replacing Helen Coonan. John Pollaers is the new independent chair of AFCA, replacing Coonan, whose tenure comes to an end this month. Coonan ...

More super funds make climate commitments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
More financial institutions have signed up to Climate League 2030, which seeks to achieve Paris-aligned emissions reductions in Australia by 2030. TelstraSuper, ISPT, U Ethical and Teachers Mutual Bank today joined over a dozen institutional investors ...