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State Street loses Fearless Girl replica claim

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
HESTA and Cbus have settled claims brought against them by State Street over the Fearless Girl statue, while Maurice Blackburn scored a win in court last week. State Street Global Advisors Trust Company and its local subsidiary State Street Global Advisors ...

Woodside results vindicate divestment argument: Activists

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... UniSuper in line with the Paris Agreement and with some of the largest super funds including AustralianSuper, Aware Super, HESTA, Rest and Cbus - all of which have committed to reach net zero by 2050 and/or divest thermal coal. The results were preceded ...

Super funds bow to divestment pressure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... including Whitehaven Coal, New Hope Group and Washington H Soul Pattinson. While AustralianSuper, Aware Super, UniSuper, HESTA, Rest and Cbus have all made commitments to divest thermal coal and/or to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, some of Australia's ...

Future Super, Verve accused of misleading members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has accused Future Super and Verve of misleading consumers who are unlikely to understand the funds' relationship to Diversa Trustees. During questioning, Liberal MP and committee chair ...

HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... central location including business intelligence and a data warehouse. In addition, the cloud investment platform will benefit HESTA adopted a total-portfolio approach by delivering multi-asset coverage for the internal management of its Australian equities ...

Hostplus called out on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... to investing in fossil fuel companies and managing the risk of climate change. AustralianSuper, Aware Super, UniSuper and HESTA all recently committed to divesting thermal coal (some only in active strategies and some only if thermal coal contributes ...

HESTA announces award finalists

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... about the future of our society, economy and planet and do incredible things every day to make the world a better place," HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said. "These finalists are improving social and financial outcomes for women, preventing a phenomenal ...

HESTA hikes group insurance premiums again

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... income protection (IP) and two units of death cover. It does not include total permanent disability cover (TPD). For most HESTA members on it, overall insurance fees will increase from four cents to 22 cents a week, across all age groups on a net insurance ...

HESTA hires from Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... investment strategy that aims to continue delivering competitive, long-term investment performance for our 870,000-plus members," HESTA chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said. "With over 20 years' experience in financial services, Michael ...

Super funds back COVID-19 preventative drug

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... a biotech company that is developing a nasal spray that claims to prevent COVID-19 and the common cold. AustralianSuper, HESTA, Hostplus and Statewide Super have joined forces with CSL, a venture capital fund and universities to fund medical research ...