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Will big super's unlisted investments amplify retirement savings?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... However, while the diversification benefits of unlisted assets are well-documented, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia highlighted a point he believes is seldom mentioned. "Unlisted assets are important in constructing long-term investment ...

Hostplus links returns to active approach

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... on cost alone and consider this when choosing superannuation funds and products." Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia reinforced the fund's focus on active management, noting its positive returns were the result of long-term investment ...

The first 30 years: Super's biggest changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees ASI Conference, AustralianSuper's Mark Delaney, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia and Frontier director of consulting Kim Bowater were asked to reflect on three decades of compulsory super. In doing ...

Hostplus grilled on common ownership, collusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... has no example of that, where they've engaged in that type of activity?," Wilson asked chief investment officer Sam Sicilia. "Absolutely, and nor are we in the business of hiding behind IFM for assets that we own. I mean, there are disclosure obligations ...

Hostplus delivers 21.3% to members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... 2021, underpinned by high performance in equities and property, Rainmaker found. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said the fact that a number ofseveral options had their best-ever financial years "means that almost all members have had a ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... investor in venture capital in Australia, with assets estimated to reach $1 billion. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia at the time highlighted the super fund's appetite for venture capital opportunities and remains evident in the fund's ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... contribution to their financial future and the communities in which they live." Likewise, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said the industry super fund had been a prominent investor in the venture capital arena for more than five years. ...

Hostplus awards mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... invested in Flexstone's US private equity emerging managers program in 2018. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said the fund was pleased to award the mandate as private equity has provided some of the most attractive risk-adjusted opportunities ...

Hostplus can't be killed: Sicilia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has firmly rebutted speculation that COVID-19 and the early release of super scheme could have caused a liquidity crisis, detailing a series of extreme events that wouldn't "kill the fund". "There was never ...

Hostplus responds to PDS controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... fund publicly spruiking an allocation as high as 40% to unlisted assets. In 2018, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia told Investment Magazine : "We have a zero allocation to fixed interest and a zero allocation to cash." Hostplus chief executive ...