27 July 2020

Equip and Catholic Super have defied the worst market downturn since the Global Financial Crisis, delivering positive returns to members invested in the joint trustee’s flagship balanced options.

In a financial year end that saw COVID-19 market jitters push most super funds into negative territory, Equip’s Balanced Growth option captured a 1.7% return and Catholic Super’s Balanced option +0.52%. Both funds’ returns are above 8% p.a. over 10 years – proving once again that long term gets the returns.

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22 August 2019

Equip is delighted to announce that it has appointed Anna Shelley, currently Chief Investment Officer at Catholic Super, to the role of CIO with Equip.
 
Ms Shelley will continue to lead the investment functions of each fund until October this year when she will become CIO of the new combined trustee, following the completion of the previously announced joint venture.

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12 August 2019

Mr Scott Cameron, a senior executive with Computershare in Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed to head Equip Super and Catholic Super. The two organisations are joining forces to create one of Australia’s largest profit-for-member superannuation funds in market.

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14 January 2019

Equip has started 2019 on a high, winning the $190 million superannuation benefits for more than 1,100 employees of one of the world’s leading international air services providers, dnata. The banking Royal Commission has increased the number of discussions in corporate superannuation and we are anticipating a significant amount of movement in the sector in the next 12 months.

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13 September 2018

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is pleased to announce that Equipsuper has joined as a member. Equip says ACSI membership will provide it with access to broader information and perspectives on investment sustainability that complement the skills of its internal team and external investment managers.

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21 August 2018

Equip has bolstered its Growth and Corporate Development team with the appointment of Charlie Yanni as Senior Corporate Growth Manager. Equip Executive Officer, Growth and Corporate Development, John Farrington, said Equip was anticipating the potential for more movement in the corporate superannuation sector following the revelations emerging from the Hayne Royal Commission.

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20 August 2018

The $15 billion Equip super fund has substantially increased its Governance and Risk and Project Management Office teams to meet in the demands of increasing member expectations, technology roll-out, greater investment scope and opportunities, and scale of operations.

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16 July 2018

Equip’s more than 75,000 members will benefit from total fee and insurance premium reductions of more than $12 million in the 2018-19 financial year, as the benefits from the fund’s recent merger with former Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund continue to flow.

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5 June 2018

Equip is pleased to announce the appointment of Penny Davy-Whyte and Lisbeth Rasmussen as Member Directors. 

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Equip sees a collaborative structure like an extended public offer model as an alternative to merger for some funds feeling the pressure of greater scrutiny of member outcomes by the industry regulator.

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1 March 2018

Equip has promoted Tahlia Parrish to the position of Head of Risk, following Paul Synhur’s recent move to become Head of Member Advisory. Ms Parrish was previously Risk Manager, reporting to Mr Synhur.

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23 February 2018

Equip has appointed Paul Synhur to the newly created position of Head of Member Advisory. Paul has previously worked in the fund’s Risk and Compliance area, most recently as Head of Risk.

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19 February 2018

Equip has appointed Tania Cumming as Executive Officer, Strategy and Markets, a newly created role, which will add strength and impetus to the fund’s forward planning capabilities and business transformation. 

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12 February 2018

Equip is seeing better than expected savings from its merger on 1 July 2017 with the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund and expects to announce more fee reductions from 1 July 2018.

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29 January 2018

Equip has become the first super fund to join the Clean Energy Council (CEC), the peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia. The fund’s involvement with the CEC naturally aligns with its heritage in the energy sector and will greatly assist Equip to understand and get much closer to the major transition taking place in one of its main industry sectors.

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9 November 2017

Equip has appointed Natalie Alford as Executive Officer, Governance and Risk, a role which will lead the fund’s governance, risk, legal and company secretarial functions.

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2 October 2017

Equip has cut administration fees for members and dropped buy-sell spreads on investment transactions. The fund expects these reductions will be followed by others as it beds down the benefits of its merger with the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund on 1 July 2017.

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19 June 2017

Equip and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund have completed due diligence and have confirmed that the funds will merge on 1 July 2017. The $14 billion fund will continue under the Equip name with a membership of over 75,000.

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31 January 2017

Equip Super has confirmed it is engaged in advanced discussions with the trustee of the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) with a view to merging the funds, subject to completion of satisfactory due diligence. The new merged fund would manage assets of $13.5 billion for approximately 75,000 members.

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