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Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
Stakeholder responses to the federal budget are mixed at best, with many believing key measures require further consideration and consultation. Perhaps the measure that will most impact the financial services industry, the government remained firm in ...

Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... and equity in retirement, and this goes hand in hand with closing the gender super gap," said HESTA chief executive Debby Blake "Our super system is world class, but its design continues to disadvantage certain groups, including women, many of whom continue ...

HESTA investment committee chair to depart

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
HESTA investment committee chair and independent director Mark Burgess will step down from the board at the end of June following six years in the role. As his term comes to an end, the fund's chief executive Debby Blakey said Burgess oversaw a period ...

Industry fund joins the million-member club

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
HESTA has welcomed its one-millionth member and reaffirmed its commitment to growth through its three-year strategic plan. AustralianSuper was the first fund to have one million members, reaching milestone in 2012. Since then, Rest, Hostplus, and Aware ...

Super funds complete mergers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
The merger of HESTA and Mercy Super has been finalised, as has that of UniSuper and Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund. About 13,000 Mercy Super members and their assets have moved to HESTA, bringing its total funds under management ...

HESTA commits $240m to build-to-rent pipeline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
HESTA has poured $240 million into founding specialist affordable fund manager Super Housing Partnerships (SHP), to focus on developing a pipeline of Victorian build-to-rent apartment projects. SHP will provide institutional investors with access to ...

HESTA, ISPT, UniSuper to build UNSW hub

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
A consortium comprising HESTA, ISPT, Plenary and UniSuper are investing $600 million to develop the University of New South Wales' (UNSW) Health Translation Hub. The new 15-storey health education and research building, located in Randwick, will ...

Chalmers delivers on childcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised to improve early education and childcare affordability for more than 1.2 million eligible Australian families. Labor's "game-changing" investment for families will increase the paid hours worked by women ...

HESTA adds Woodside, Santos to climate watchlist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
HESTA has notified AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside that they've been placed on a watchlist under the fund's engagement escalation framework. HESTA has written to the chairs of AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside informing them the companies were ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
HESTA has joined calls for superannuation to be paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave entitlements, saying modelling shows it could see a mother of two retire with $14,000 more in her account. The super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations ...