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Mergers, performance dim super satisfaction: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... 6.3% points year on year to 67.9%. However, super funds that scored relatively higher satisfaction among their peers were HESTA, UniSuper, AustralianSuper and Hostplus. Retail funds declined by 5.6% points to 61.3%. Macquarie Group's retail fund was ...

ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... committee in mid-2023. Burgess announced just yesterday he would retire as a board member and investment committee chair of HESTA. He has also been chief executive and chief investment officer for major investors and financial institutions globally and ...

HESTA investment committee chair to depart

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
HESTA investment committee chair and independent director Mark Burgess will step down from the board at the end of June following six years in the role. As his term comes to an end, the fund's chief executive Debby Blakey said Burgess oversaw a period ...

HESTA hires from MLC Super for GM role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
HESTA has welcomed Wendy Forster-Smith as its new general manager of projects and transformation. Forster-Smith joins from MLC Super, where she spent three years as the head of client enablement. Before that, she worked at the National Australia Bank ...

Ending the super wars: Government acts to legislate an objective

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... confirm that it sets the right framework to prevent policy changes that could erode confidence in the super system. Meanwhile, HESTA welcomed the government's proposal to legislate an objective of super, commending it for highlighting the importance ...

Industry fund joins the million-member club

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
HESTA has welcomed its one-millionth member and reaffirmed its commitment to growth through its three-year strategic plan. AustralianSuper was the first fund to have one million members, reaching milestone in 2012. Since then, Rest, Hostplus, and Aware ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
HESTA is once again calling for the Australian government to address gender inequities in superannuation and improve financial security for women. In its pre-budget submission, the super fund said tracking and closing gender gaps remain its top priority. ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... with 16 deals in 17 positions as of January 2023. Just last week, Stafford Capital announced an extended partnership with HESTA, after the superfund allocated an additional US$200 million to its joint private equity program, the HESTA Sustainable Capital ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... record positive returns. ESSSuper Accumulation Plan - Growth (-0.2% p.a.), Hostplus Personal - Balanced (-0.3% p.a.), and HESTA Personal Super - Balanced Growth (-0.6% p.a.) were other top performing personal super options. At the bottom, was Australian ...

HESTA adds US$200m to Stafford Capital private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
HESTA is committing a further US$200 million to the HESTA Sustainable Capital Investment Trust, a private equity program managed with Stafford Capital Partners. HESTA's additional US$200 million investment increases the total size of the program to ...