Wolfram Peters will join Credit Suisse in the newly created role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Asset Management (AM), effective 1 September, 2021. 

This Saturday, 31 July, marks three months to go until the much-anticipated UN climate change conference, COP26, which will see nations come together in Glasgow to discuss a collaborative approach to tackling global climate change. 

THETA, a specialist provider of buy-side trading technology as a service, has appointed Paul Flanagan as Strategic Sales Advisor, managing relationships with asset managers, hedge funds, fund managers and pension funds. 

White Oak Capital Partners (White Oak), a Singapore based investment management and advisory firm established by Prashant Khemka in June 2017, is launching an equity ESG sub-fund under its Dublin domiciled India Acorn ICAV.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has re-appointed Lesley Alexander as its President with effect from its 45th Annual General Meeting on 29 July 2021.  

Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has revealed that the SEC is reviewing its whistleblower programme.

Vanguard is to introduce two new active fixed income funds: Vanguard Core-Plus Bond Fund and Vanguard Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund. 

Sacker & Partners (Sackers), a UK-based specialist law firm for pensions and retirement savings, announced its 2021 promotions: Nigel Cayless has been promoted to senior counsel; Sonya Fraser, James Geer, Sarah Henderson and Oliver Topping have been promoted to associate director; and Aaron Dunning-Foreman, Liam Goulding and Lucy Swart-Mallett have been promoted to senior associate.

In October 2021, new regulations from the Department for Work and Pensions will compel many large pension schemes to report in line with recommendations from the Taskforce for Climate Related Disclosure (TCFD). This means schemes will have to publish significantly more detailed climate data covering holdings, risk management, governance and other metrics.

State Street Corporation is to provide digital and cryptocurrency asset fund administration capabilities for the firm’s private funds clients.