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Hostplus commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
Industry fund Hostplus has committed to net zero by 2050, in line with Australia's commitment to the Paris Agreement. "Climate change represents a significant financial risk to global markets and economies over the longer term. We have a responsibility ...

Hostplus, Statewide provide merger details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
Hostplus and Statewide Super will merge next month to create an $83 billion fund. The merger, which was originally slated for April 1, will now take place on April 29, Statewide Super said in an update to members. Following the combination, Hostplus ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... will continue winding down the remaining exposure to divest our holdings in Russia as markets permit," the fund said. Hostplus has also committed to fully divesting, adding that its exposures were also decreased in the lead up to the conflict. Hostplus ...

Cbus names deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... earlier this year. Wawn has been on the board of Cbus since December 2017. She has also previously been a director of Hostplus. She has served as chief executive of Master Builders since March 2017 and has over 20 years' experience in the not-for-profit ...

Former Hostplus investors tapped for VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... with Stanford as managing director and Pappin as investment manager. The move followed several years working together at Hostplus; Stanford served as head of private equity and venture capital for more than seven years while Pappin was an investment ...

Hostplus and Maritime Super explore merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Hostplus and Maritime Super have signed a memorandum of understanding, entering into merger discussions. The funds have an existing partnership, Maritime Super entered into a strategic outsourcing arrangement by moving the management of its investment ...

Rainy day funds probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... have endeavoured to take the right advice and to engage the regulator in ways to be clear what the regulator expects." Hostplus recently introduced a new fee to cover its rainy day fund and Cbus, Active Super and QSuper have also all received approval ...

Hostplus hits members with new fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
Hostplus introduced a new trustee fee, after receiving Supreme Court approval to apply the fee to create emergency reserves. The amount will vary based on members' balances, but a Hostplus member with $50,000 in savings can expect to be charged an extra ...

Cbus to launch new investment options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... market for very low-cost passive products. Low cost indexed options have proven very popular for fellow industry funds Hostplus and AustralianSuper. "The recent volatility that we have seen in markets through COVID-19 highlights that index investing ...

Best-performing default funds revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... Australian Ethical (11.3% p.a.), and AustralianSuper (11% p.a.). BT's 1980s Lifestage Fund (11% p.a.) made the top 10, as did Hostplus' Personal Balanced Fund (11% p.a.) and VicSuper's FutureSaver Personal. Over a one-year period, Hostplus' Personal ...