On the Clock to Advance DEI Replay Session Nicsa’s Strategic Leadership Forum wouldn’t be complete without a deep dive into building genuinely equitable workplaces — after all, DEI has to be practiced at the top, not just on the front lines. Cassie McCarthy, Manager, EY’s Wealth and...
Sharing forward-thinking ideas that help firms advance equitable opportunity and support business results is a crucial mission of the Diversity Project North America . It’s also the impetus behind the Diversity Project’s Next Practices Committee. The Next Practices Committee regularly...
A Guest Blog by State Street | ALFI Member | Diversity Project North America Member Abdel Hmitti, Senior Vice President, Head of EMEA Private Equity & Real Assets Fund Services Joshua Lovell, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Transfer Agency Operations Every...
Boston, MA – September 8, 2021 – The third-annual Women in Asset Management Award Series (US Edition), presented by DiversityQ, has chosen Nicsa’s Diversity Project North America as 2021 DEI Initiative of the Year. Contestants for this award category were judged based on their initiative’s...
In July, CFA Institute, a founding member of the Diversity Project North America , published a draft if its voluntary Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Code for the Investment Profession in the US and Canada for public comment. We’ve now entered the last two weeks of the public...
Boston, MA – August 9, 2021 – InvestmentNews has recognized Nicsa’s Diversity Project North America as a 2021 Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards finalist. Diversity Project North America, along with 15 other firms and initiatives, were chosen from more than 120 nominations by...
Diversity Project North America members gathered during a recent “Next Practices” Committee meeting to discuss a pressing theme in the global asset management industry: DEI data transparency. Two DPNA founding members proudly presented their firm’s recent DEI transparency initiatives. We...
The ongoing COVID-19 virus. Vaccine availability and adoption. Workplace flexibility. Talent recruitment and retention. Initiatives to address racial disparities. Faced with a growing volume of industry concerns, leaders of the largest asset management firms have more than enough to keep...
We’ve all heard that change starts at the top, but many leaders aren’t sure how to approach urgent issues centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). During its recent Fearless Leadership Symposium, Nicsa brought together a panel of forward-thinking C-suite executives who helped...
On June 1, 2020, Northern Trust President Shundrawn Thomas published an open letter to the industry detailing his personal experience with racial profiling during an encounter with police in a Chicago suburb. At Nicsa’s Fearless Leadership Symposium approximately a year later, Thomas met...