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New $70bn MLC fund gives retail access to unlisted

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... "Small funds can do this through outsourcing, but they need to do the proper cost-benefit analysis." Fellow panelist and HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey added: "It's extremely difficult for smaller funds to innovate in the same way a large fund can. ...

Industry fund awards $500m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
An industry superannuation fund has placed $500 million with IFM Investors' global indexed equity strategy. HESTA's large investment marks the first mandate for the recently-launched strategy and IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said the ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... productive in the workplace." In the Roy Morgan survey, Catholic Super topped customer satisfaction ratings, followed by Cbus and HESTA.

HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... in front of about 200 delegates at the ACSI annual conference in Melbourne yesterday, this year's award was presented to HESTA unlisted assets investment analyst Josephine Toral. As part of Toral's award she will be funded by CareSuper to attend the ...

Super investment pros make top 40

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... three professionals from industry super funds. Making the list were Cbus investment manager public markets, Brett Chatfield; HESTA general manager listed assets, James Harman; and Emergency Services and State (ESS) Super head of investments, Matthew ...

HESTA reduces equities carbon footprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
HESTA and Russell Investments have developed an investment strategy that reduces the super fund's global equities carbon footprint by 50% and maintains benchmark performance. The strategy's objective is to remain at or below 50% of benchmark carbon ...

AustralianSuper launches new SRI investment option

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... restricting investments in companies with fossil fuel reserves is an unusual approach as other funds including First State Super, HESTA and Local Government Super base their restrictions on fossil fuel revenue or net asset value. "This decision will ...

Super funds promote affordable housing ideas

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... will require close collaboration between investors, housing providers and state and Commonwealth governments," Porter said. HESTA recently made a $6.7 million investment in Horizon Housing, a community housing provider operating in Queensland focused ...

Super the bedrock for multi-sector funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... inflows during 2015, contributing $2.3 billion. This was followed by the default MLC MySuper option ($1.3 billion); the HESTA Super Core Pool ($1.2 billion); and the REST Super Core Pool ($1.1 billion). The report said Australia's exchange-traded product ...

Emslie departs AIST board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... board of AIST and the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, for a joint total of 19 years. She is currently the chair at HESTA and a board member of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). "It has been a great privilege to help shape the ...