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BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... available to them such as investing through super," Pringle said. BT's move comes as $46 billion industry superannuation fund HESTA helps lead a global push by large global investors to end tobacco financing at the UN General Assembly. The fund - which ...

Industry fund renews custodian

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... another three years, extending the 20-year partnership. J.P. Morgan will continue to provide custody and fund services to HESTA. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said: "We have an ambitious five-year investment strategy and we also looked closely at ...

Industry funds grows governance, risk teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... Andrew Tongue and Beth Ooi have also joined the industry fund. Tongue also joins for QMV where he worked on projects for HESTA and Colonial First State, while Ooi was most recently working in transformational change at Netwealth. Equip chief executive ...

HESTA boss wins FEAL award

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has been recognised as the 2018 Fund Executive of the Year at the Fund Executive Association Limited (FEAL) awards held this week in Sydney. Blakey was recognised for leading a program of change at the $46 billion ...

Industry fund signs stewardship code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... principles on an 'if not, why not' basis, in addition to publishing a stewardship statement. Industry funds AustralianSuper and HESTA made the pledge after the code was launched at ACSI's annual conference earlier this year, with AustralianSuper chief ...

HESTA appoints quant general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... quantitative strategist for AXA Investment Managers' equities business has jumped to a $46 billion superannuation fund. HESTA has appointed Michael Kollo as its general manager quantitative solutions and risk, effective July 30. He was the chief ...

Digital transformation challenges super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... at a time when funds across the industry grapple with digital transformation, Investment Trends research shows. Sunsuper, HESTA, QSuper and Hostplus round out the top five in the rankings, with Rest recognised as the most improved fund on member engagement. ...

UniSuper appoints executive manager from HESTA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... A new executive manager, people services will join UniSuper in July. Julie Watkins joins the $66 billion super fund from HESTA, where she was people executive. Prior to that she was chief human resources officer at AIA, global talent director at Treasury ...

HESTA commits $40m to impact investments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
HESTA is committing a further $40 million to its Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), which is managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA). SIIT was launched in 2015 and is aimed at funding investments "that generate both a measurable social impact ...

HESTA revamps executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
HESTA made a raft of changes to its senior leadership, with appointments from QSuper, Kinetic Super and Frontier Advisors. HESTA has added three new faces to its leadership team, including the appointment of former QSuper chief of member support and ...