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Industry fund appoints chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
A $30 billion superannuation fund will welcome a new chief investment officer next month, nabbing another industry fund's deputy investments lead. Hostplus' Andrew Howard is set to take on the top investments job at Equip and Catholic Super, effective ...

Industry fund chief executive to step down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
The chief executive of a soon-to-merge industry super fund has announced he will not seek a role within the merged fund. Intrust chief executive Brendan O'Farrell has announced that he has not sought a role with the fund once it merges with Hostplus. ...

Common ownership concerns redundant: AustralianSuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
The $225 billion industry fund's outgoing chief executive Ian Silk is adamant the fund will never engage actively in common ownership, while also hinting at plans to bring more investing in-house. Appearing at a Standing Committee on Economics hearing ...

Statewide Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
The $12 billion industry fund is upping insurance premiums from November. The fund, and its group insurer MetLife, communicated to members that from November a series of changes will be made to their insurance. These include an increase to premiums ...

AustralianSuper says no incidents of common ownership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
The industry fund says it analysed its $53 billion Australian equities portfolio and found no instances of common ownership. Common ownership of listed companies is currently the subject of a parliamentary inquiry led by MP Tim Wilson, who has said ...

HESTA to support young women in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
The $64 billion industry fund has partnered with Girls of Impact to encourage young women to consider careers in financial services where women are historically underrepresented. The collaboration will highlight opportunities and pathways in areas that ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
The $174 billion manager owned by industry funds will reduce the carbon footprint of its infrastructure assets by 40% by 2030, as it heads down the path to net zero by 2050. IFM Investors has set its interim emissions reduction target for the infrastructure ...

NGS Super hikes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... investments and investment managers to the portfolio, and changes to how we collect data," it said. The $12 billion industry fund raise annual fees on its MySuper option by 10bps, as it goes from charging 62bps in investment fees and 7bps in transaction ...

AustralianSuper to shutter property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... in its property option for up to two years, the fund has decided to shut the option altogether. The $225 billion industry fund will close the property option on September 10, with new member investments into it suspended from today. After September 10 ...

Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Former treasurer and deputy prime minister Wayne Swan will chair $65 billion industry fund Cbus. The fund announced today that Swan would succeed long-serving chair Steve Bracks next year. Commenting on his appointment, Swan said: "I'm humbled to ...