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Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... affordable housing fund manager focused on increasing the housing supply through partnerships with institutional investors. HESTA is one of the founding investment partners. SHP seeks to "significantly increase" the supply of affordable, sustainable ...

Investors call for leadership diversity at ASX300 listed companies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... revealed that a third of respondents said a lack of data on company gender diversity is a barrier to taking further action. HESTA CEO and chair of the 40:40 Vision steering committee Debby Blakey said investors see gender imbalances in corporate leadership ...

Australia the guinea pig for PRI sovereign engagement pilot

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Trust Asset Management. They will join existing members Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Brandywine Global, HESTA, Nordea, Robeco and Schroders. Investors participating in the program share a common interest in reducing their exposure to ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... often use it internally as well to go to department businesses and say, this is actually what investors want to know." For HESTA senior responsible investment associate Saksham Malhotra, the benchmark can help the fund answer the question of how portfolio ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... population. A date for the referendum is yet to be announced, but it is widely presumed it will take place towards the end of 2023 HESTA, Rest Super, Industry Super Australia, NGS Super, Aware Super, and UniSuper fall among the ranks of super funds that ...

Decade-long Santos well leak prompts investor concern

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... implementing a management plan that includes a regular monitoring program." Major investors are concerned about the revelation. HESTA CEO Debby Blakey said the super fund is "concerned" about the WA well leaks and will continue in its engagement strategy. ...

Super funds consider future of PwC contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... last week. The fund will review its current audit contract with PwC later this year in line with its annual processes." HESTA has also announced it has frozen new contracts with PwC. HESTA is very concerned about what has emerged regarding PwC and are ...

AGL saved from HESTA divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
HESTA, the Australian industry superannuation fund for workers in health and community service sectors, has removed AGL from its list of companies marked for divestment. This comes as Damien Nicks was appointed CEO of AGL in January. The energy company ...

Podcast: Stewardship and ESG Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... represent the firm's sustainable investing capabilities in Australia and New Zealand. Jaramillo previously worked at HESTA where she was senior responsible investment adviser. During her time at there, she founded 40:40 Vision, an investor led initiative ...

Activist investor launches Santos campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... that time, followed by Hostplus with $268 million in Santos stock, Cbus with $236 million, aware Super with $193 million, Hesta with $137 million, ART with $129 million, UniSuper with $95 million, Spirit Super with $86 million, CareSuper with $61 million ...