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New board directors at FEAL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... Lisa Samuels have joined the board of the Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL). The appointments come as former Spirit Super chief executive Leeanne Turner steps down after seven years. Stewart was named FEAL's Fund Executive of the Year in 2021 and ...

Spirit Super pays tribute to Doug Fry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
One of Spirit Super's founding directors and its longest serving chair, Doug Fry, passed away last week. The fund paid tribute to Fry, who was a key player in the establishment of Tasplan. He was a founding director and served as chair of Tasplan for ...

Spirit Super investment bought out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
A company Spirit Super invested in and helped develop has been purchased by NASDAQ listed NetApp. Instaclustr was purchased by NetApp. Instaclustr is a platform for deploying and managing open-source data and workflow applications. Instaclustr was developed ...

PRI hires from Spirit Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
The local branch of the UN Principles for Responsible Investing has bolstered its team, hiring Spirit Super's general manager for strategy. Bart Moye has been appointed signatory relationship manager at PRI. He will support head of Australia and New ...

Spirit Super purchases landmark site in Tasmania's largest property deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Spirit Super members have a new asset working for their retirement, with the Parliament Square acquisition now complete. This is Tasmania's largest ever property transaction by value. "We are delighted to have purchased such a high-quality asset in ...

What you read in 2021

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... government employees and their families. 6) Industry fund chief steps down, successor named At the end of November, Spirit Super announced long-serving chief executive Leanne Turner will step down in early 2022 after more than a decade in the role, first ...

Industry fund chief steps down, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
The longstanding chief executive of $26 billion industry superannuation fund Spirit Super will step down in the new year, with a QSuper executive to take up the role. Spirit Super's Leeanne Turner will step down as chief executive in early 2022 ...

SCA slams five super funds' junk insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... maintaining junk insurance that embed restrictive disability tests. NGS Super, AMP, TelstraSuper, Prime Super and Spirit Super carry the most restrictive insurance policies compared to other funds, according to the consumer advocate organisation. Each ...

Mergers don't always lead to scale benefits: Barry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
There is a misunderstanding that superannuation fund mergers will automatically lead to scale benefits for members, according to Spirit Super's chief investment officer. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI ...

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... rebranded to Aware Super after merging with VicSuper, and MTAA Super and Tasplan merged to become the newly named Spirit Super. Just last month, Local Government Super also rebranded to become Active Super. Farrar did not reveal any of the names LGIAsuper ...