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Age Pension to increase on September 20

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... women in their 70s in FY25 was 9%, up from 5% in FY15. For men aged 70 the participation rate is 14% in FY25, up from 11%. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey welcomed the increase to the Age Pension but said current tax settings for recipients are a ...

Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... higher marginal tax rates of 60% to 80%, disincentivising them from being more active in the workforce, new research from HESTA suggests. The research said in some extreme cases, these rates can even surpass 100%. The report by Retirement Essentials ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... funds to make the top 300 list were Australian Retirement Trust, Future Fund, Aware Super, UniSuper, Hostplus, Cbus, Rest, HESTA, Commonwealth Super Corporation, GESB, State Super, Super SA, ESSSuper, Equip Super and Brighter Super. The Asia Pacific ...

Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... option and ANZ Australian Staff Super's ABP Balanced Growth option each delivered 10.4% p.a. in the three years to July. HESTA's Income Stream Balanced Growth is not far behind with 10.2% p.a. Over a 10-year timeframe, UniSuper and HESTA achieved 8.4% ...

NGS Super readies for admin transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... a more seamless and personalised experience for all our members," NGS Super told Financial Standard. Earlier this year, HESTA found itself under immense scrutiny when it planned a seven-week limited service period for its transition to GROW Inc. That ...

CareSuper adds three to investments team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... dynamic phase of growth." Caroline Strahan has been named portfolio manager, credit. She joins after more than three years at HESTA where she was most recently associate investment manager - global debt, credit and cash. Prior, she served as a senior ...

Vision Super divests G8 Education over abuse charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... improved for the board to make a decision that the risk was reduced to acceptable levels." Australian Ethical, Future Super and HESTA are some of the super funds that are also invested in G8 Education. In response to a letter from the NSW Early Childhood ...

Commonwealth Super names chief risk and compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... recently, Versace entered the super sector as head of risk at AustralianSuper between 2019 and 2023. Soon after, she moved to HESTA as general manager, compliance for a year before transitioning to Equity Trustees last year. CSC said Versace's appointment ...

Super board moves: ART, Aware, Brighter Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... brings over 35 years of management and governance experience to the role, including as a trustee director and deputy chair of HESTA from 2012 to 2021. He also holds current directorships with HumanAbility Jobs and Skills Council and the Victorian Portable ...

HESTA to lower insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
HESTA it will reduce fees for insured members on their current levels of cover after re-appointing AIA Australia as its insurance partner. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said the renewed partnership demonstrated the fund's commitment to providing ...