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HESTA hikes group insurance premiums again

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... income protection (IP) and two units of death cover. It does not include total permanent disability cover (TPD). For most HESTA members on it, overall insurance fees will increase from four cents to 22 cents a week, across all age groups on a net insurance ...

HESTA hires from Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... investment strategy that aims to continue delivering competitive, long-term investment performance for our 870,000-plus members," HESTA chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said. "With over 20 years' experience in financial services, Michael ...

Super funds back COVID-19 preventative drug

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... a biotech 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 ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... 25 to 34 years old. Nearly half (45%) of HESTA's member pool are aged between 25 and 44 years old. In comparison to HESTA, Leigh said, it has a deliberate strategy for gender diversity, while Rest's approach is a stark contrast. By 2030, HESTA ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... swell to $200 billion. First in line for this is Hostplus followed by MLC, Sunsuper, Rest and QSuper. UniSuper, Cbus and HESTA will be the last ones of the bigger funds to reach the mark, per current levels of growth and notwithstanding mergers.

Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... four thousand-year-old human hair belt that linked the site directly to the ancestors of the current traditional owners." HESTA, the $56 billion industry fund for health and community services, was one of the first investors to welcome the report. "The ...

Super satisfaction bounces back

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... with Unisuper taking the highest satisfaction rating ahead of Cbus, Hostplus, CareSuper, AustralianSuper, Aware Super and HESTA. Meanwhile, retail funds rose by 0.1% to 53.6% with the highest placed rating given to BT followed by OnePath, Colonial First ...

First Sentier hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
First Sentier Investors has named its investor relations director in its direct infrastructure team, hiring from AMP Capital. Celine Kabashima spent eight years at AMP Capital and was most recently senior investment specialist for infrastructure debt ...

TelstraSuper appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
The $22 billion corporate superannuation fund has hired from HESTA to appoint a new head of equities, including both domestic and international stocks. Dominique D'Avrincourt will join TelstraSuper in January, Financial Standard 's sister publication ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... went to VicSuper FutureSaver - Socially Conscious. The awards for best balanced super and pension product were awarded to HESTA, which also took out the awards for best innovation - ESG investment leadership and best ESG super product. Elsewhere in ESG ...