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Industry funds pool $61bn of assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... trust, in a move that is set to be a better alternative to a merger. Touted as an industry first, Maritime Super and Hostplus today announced an asset-pooling partnership that will take effect 30 April 2021. Maritime Super's $6 billion of assets ...

APRA releases final ERS figures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... members over the course of the scheme. Following closely behind was Sunsuper ($3.66 billion), Rest ($3.3 billion) and Hostplus ($3.1 billion). Qantas Super, which struggled at the beginning of the scheme to pay out members within the five business days ...

Super funds bow to divestment pressure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... having to vote on formal proposals calling on companies to bring about an end to fossil fuel production." For example, Hostplus has a $88.4 million holding in Woodside Petroleum, a $73.5 million holding in Santos and a $539.7 million investment in BHP. ...

Hostplus called out on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
The $50 billion industry super fund Hostplus is the latest fund to be the subject of a campaign from Market Forces, demanding it divest fossil fuels and develop a climate action plan. Activist group Market Forces recently had success lobbying UniSuper ...

Flexstone appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... thinking on how to use responsible investment to benefit both our clients and company as a whole," she said. Industry fund Hostplus last year committed $100 million to Flexstone's Global Opportunities IV strateg y, which has about 40 co-investments ...

Tasplan says goodbye to lifecycle MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... superannuation funds. However, many industry funds stayed away from and largest ones like AustralianSuper, UniSuper and Hostplus have stayed away. At September end, there were 25 lifecycle MySuper products. Of this, 14 were from retail funds, four from ...

MySuper performance recovers, hits record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
Default superannuation funds have fully recovered from COVID-induced losses, yet underperformance within the asset classes remains rife, according to new Rainmaker data. Rainmaker's November 2020 MySuper index has reached a record high, bouncing ...

Super funds back COVID-19 preventative drug

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... 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 conducted ...

Hostplus axes manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Hostplus has terminated an Australian equities mandate with a Franklin Templeton subsidiary. Balanced Equity Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia with approximately $8 billion in funds under management. ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... the sectors hardest hit moved to reassure members. Funds with a higher proportion of younger members, such as Rest and Hostplus, and anticipating an onslaught of early release requests, began calculating the impact nationwide shutdowns would have on ...