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HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... saying it will not adequately support decarbonisation efforts and therefore wouldn't serve its members' best interests. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger. "After reviewing the plan, we remain unconvinced that ...

The transforming role of the trustee

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
At the ASFA Conference, HESTA chair Nicola Roxon shared her strong conviction about the role representative trustees have at industry funds. "I think you get incredible insight from these people who are very close to our 400,000 members," she said. ...

Super funds back Say on Climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... Active Super, AMP, AustralianSuper, Aware Super, BT Financial Group, CareSuper, Cbus, Equipsuper, Colonial First State, HESTA, Hostplus, Mercer, Mine Super, NGS Super, QSuper, Rest, Sunsuper, TelstraSuper, UniSuper and Vision Super. The 10 remaining ...

New board directors at FEAL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
Aware Super's Deanne Stewart and HESTA's Lisa Samuels have joined the board of the Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL). The appointments come as former Spirit Super chief executive Leeanne Turner steps down after seven years. Stewart was named FEAL's ...

Active Super enhances parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... retirement outcomes for everyone." Several other funds also currently pay superannuation on parental leave. For example, HESTA pays superannuation on parental leave for its employees for a period of up to 12 months and at a rate of 15%. Meanwhile, AustralianSuper ...

HESTA confirms bid for Ramsay Health Care

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
Industry super fund HESTA has announced it is part of a consortium led by KKR to acquire all the issued share capital of Ramsay Health Care. At the time of writing, Ramsay Health Care's share price rose 2.45% following the HESTA announcement. HESTA ...

HESTA appoints chief financial officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
The $68 billion industry superannuation fund, HESTA, has hired a new chief financial officer who was previously at Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). Sally Collins has been appointed chief financial officer for the fund. She was most recently ...

28% of super products rated AAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... Funds that received the rating include Active Super, Australian Ethical, AustralianSuper, CareSuper, Cbus, Catholic Super, HESTA, legalsuper, Mine Super and REI Super. "Superannuation returns had one of the best years on record in the 2020/21 financial ...

Childcare key to super gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... combined with paying super on parental leave will make sure mums are not left behind when they have children." Research from HESTA also backs up the evidence that women are concerned about the impact of having children on their financial security. Around ...

HESTA pushes forward with internalisation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson told Financial Standard. Plans to bring cash and fixed interest in-house are well underway, and HESTA confirmed it is targeting at least 15% of its portfolio being internally managed in the short-to-medium term. HESTA will ...