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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. ...

AWS swaps to boutique licensee

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
Australian Wealth Solutions has bowed out of its licence with Garvan Financial Planning after it folded into IOOF and moved across to ASVW Financial Services. AWS attributed the move as part of its long-term strategy to address the needs of clients ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
With Catholic Super and Equipsuper set to officially merge at the end of the month, chair Andrew Fairley will hand over the reins - but he has "no interest in going home to mow the lawns". After more than 12 years at the helm of Equip, two of which ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator is fighting tooth and nail to make National Australia Bank pay a hefty penalty for charging customers fees in return for no service. In the Federal Court this morning, ASIC representative Christopher Archibald QC recalled the ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... been building its credentials in the digital finance space in recent years. In 2019, State Street AlphaSM, the industry's first front-to-back offering based on the principles of openness and interoperability, was launched. And, so far this year, the ...

LIC restructures to ETMF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... Monash Absolute Active Trust (MAAT (Hedge Fund) and has commenced trading in its new structure today. This is Australia's first restructure of a LIC into an ETMF (although seven years ago an Aurora fund converted from a LIC to an ETF), and Monash co-founder ...

Life Code Compliance Committee chair named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... independent body responsible for overseeing compliance with the FSC Life Insurance Code of Practice. It is the industry's first consumer facing code designed to promote high standards of service and provide a benchmark of consistency within the industry ...

Fisher Investments launches local HNW offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
Fisher Investments will start offering investment management services to high-net-worth private clients via its local subsidiary. The subsidiary, Fisher Investments Australasia, has served institutional clients in the region since 2013 - but this is ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
Voting for the 16 th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards will close at midnight tonight. So far the nominees have received 17,303 votes in total. The MAX Awards celebrate outstanding marketing, advertising and sales professionals in the financial services ...

AMP sued for charging dead clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASIC has taken Federal Court action against AMP for allegedly charging more than 2000 deceased clients insurance premiums and financial advice fees after being notified of their death. The action relates to five companies that are or were subsidiaries ...