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HESTA announces life insurance facelift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... the insurance provided to members to continue to meet the fund's specific needs of members in the health and community services industries. HESTA has more than 820,000 members and manages more than $40 billion of members' assets.

Industry funds must renew aged care investment focus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... (ACFI), the residential care sector alone will require $35 billion to cater for this demand. In July, health and community services fund HESTA showed the way investing $19 million in an Australian-first dementia village designed to recreate real life ...

HESTA appoints new insurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... making a claim. HESTA's insurance offering is unique in that it caters for those directly working in health and community services, meaning it does not differentiate across employment classifications.

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... construction and fishing may offer life and disability cover, whereas female-dominated industries, such as health and community services and education, are less likely to offer it, the report found. Thirty-one per cent of employees admitted to have taken ...

FICAP gets ready for 2017 RockStar fundraiser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... mental illness. To date, the group has raised more than $1.35 million with one beneficiary, Weave Youth and Community Services, receiving almost $200,000 in donations. The date is set for Thursday, March 23 at The Ivy Ballroom in Sydney. Last year's ...

Industry fund fights financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... in Australia by funding education, sustainable jobs, stable housing and appropriate health, disability and community services.

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... company allows us to tilt the portfolio to try and achieve some of those outcomes." Super fund for the health and community services industries, HESTA, was a pioneer on the impact investing front and in 2015 made the biggest commitment by an Australian ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... families and communities. Alongside The Benevolent Society, NSW Treasury and the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, both CBA and Westpac were integral in developing the bond. The investment vehicle finances a Resilient Families program ...

Social benefit bond returns for NGS Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... the Central Coast. It is looking to open more centres over the life of the bond. NSW Minister for Family and Community Services, Brad Hazzard said: "This is a great achievement in the field of social impact investment and shows that by bringing together ...

Wealth division overhauled in latest NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... will bring together the nabBusiness franchise with specialised agriculture, health, government, education and community services along with private banking and JBWere, as well as the small business segment from personal banking. Angela Mentis will lead ...