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FEAL welcomes new board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... chief executive Jo Townsend and BUSSQ chief Damian Wills are now directors on the FEAL board. In doing so, they replace HESTA's Debby Blakey and former Energy Super chief executive Robyn Petrou. Blakey had been on the board since 2011 while Petrou first ...

Super funds back space travel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... superannuation funds are helping fuel the mission of a spacecraft technology start-up that is due to orbit into space in 2022. HESTA, Hostplus and NGS Super are part of a consortium backing Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies. US-based Fine Structure ...

HESTA nabs Hostplus executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The head of ESG at $61 billion industry fund Hostplus has jumped to HESTA. Kim Farrant will join HESTA, the $60 billion industry fund for healthcare workers, as general manager responsible investment on July 12. Farrant will report to the fund's ...

Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Standard. However, given the nuances of individual employers' policies, that's not entirely accurate. For example, HESTA provides its staff with 15 days of personal leave - five more than is legally required. In addition to that, those working ...

HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
According to HESTA, diversity at its external managers shows women's representation improved in the last two years but remains a long way from parity. HESTA surveyed 70 of its external managers in December 2017 and then again in December 2019 before ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... significant service to the finance and superannuation sectors, and to suicide prevention. Emslie has spent nearly 30 years at HESTA as a trustee director, independent chair and more recently an independent member of the impact committee. She is currently ...

HESTA awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
One of Australia's largest super funds, $60 billion industry fund HESTA, has selected a software-as-a-service platform to manage its finance operations. TechnologyOne was selected by the fund to streamline financial reporting, with the aim of allowing ...

Vanguard head jumps to industry fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... including scaled advice leader. Reeve's appointment comes as Vanguard moves into superannuation in Australia. Industry fund HESTA also recently looked to Vanguard for talent, hiring its Asia Pacific head of fixed income to lead the fund's defensives ...

Aged care workers depended on ERS: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme compared to other workers health and community services sectors, research from HESTA reveals. The proportion of HESTA members who work in aged care and childhood education that made an ERS claim stood at 19.6% ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... However, it was quiet on in creasing Commonwealth rent assistanc e, and on requiring employers to pay SG on parental leave. "HESTA has been calling for the scrapping of the unfair $450 super threshold for more than 10 years so it's pleasing the Government ...