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We now help members invest in their health.
In partnership with our insurer MetLife, we're pleased to offer 360Health to all Hostplus members and their families.* It's a way to connect to a range of virtual health and wellbeing services at no extra cost.
*The term ‘family/families’ consists of a Hostplus member’s children, partner, parents, and parents in-law.
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Protecting Your Retirement: The Warning Signs of High-Risk Schemes
Following the collapse of the First Shield / Guardian schemes, Hostplus is urging members to familiarise themselves with the red flags to look out for when making decisions about your super. These include cold calling, pressure tactics, and exaggerated promises about high returns.
Retirement
Retirement ready. Tick.
The Epic Retirement Tick is a new recognition from Chant West for super funds that meet a high standard across key retirement criteria.
Hostplus is proud to be among the first of only six funds to earn the Tick - helping members feel confident about their retirement today and into the future.
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Protecting Your Retirement: The Warning Signs of High-Risk Schemes
Following the collapse of the First Shield / Guardian schemes, Hostplus is urging members to familiarise themselves with the red flags to look out for when making decisions about your super. These include cold calling, pressure tactics, and exaggerated promises about high returns.
Why Hostplus
Retired and looking for more certainty over your returns?
Introducing CPIplus, a Pension investment option that aims to deliver a consistent and predetermined return above inflation each year.
Not available for Transition to Retirement Pensions. Though returns above inflation are predetermined annually, Hostplus can shorten the return period. Hostplus may also adjust the rate of return with at least 30 days’ notice.
Product and fee information for advisers
Retired and looking for more certainty over your returns?
Introducing CPIplus, a Pension investment option that aims to deliver a consistent and predetermined return above inflation each year.
Not available for Transition to Retirement Pensions. Though returns above inflation are predetermined annually, Hostplus can shorten the return period. Hostplus may also adjust the rate of return with at least 30 days’ notice.
Sam Sicilia
Chief Investment Officer
Sam joined Hostplus in 2008 as CIO after a storied career in academia and the finance industry that stretches back to the early 1990s. During that time he has held a number of senior roles, both locally and internationally:
- Director of Investment Consulting with Russell Investments, with responsibility for leadership of the Alternative Assets and Unlisted Property Sector teams, covering private markets, such as infrastructure, private equity and direct property
- Senior Manager at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, with responsibility for gathering market intelligence and keeping abreast of industry developments across all asset classes, providing thought leadership and championing and facilitating global product development initiatives
- Senior Consultant with Frontier Investment Consulting, a foundation member of Frontier’s management team and Chair of the Frontier Research Practice Meeting: a monthly think tank forum in which investment manager assessments and ratings were determined and investment house views established, reviewed and debated
- Senior Asset Consultant with Towers Perrin and a foundation member of the Australian Asset Consulting Services leadership team responsible for the ongoing formulation and review of business strategy. Sam was an architect and the inaugural coordinator of Towers Perrin’s manager research process in Australia, with responsibility for overseeing the manager research function. Sam was also Towers Perrin’s Asia Pacific regional representative, a foundation member of the Global Investment Manager Research Group and Director of Investment Manager Research for Towers Perrin in the US
Roles and key responsibilities
Chief Investment Officer1
- To provide strategic leadership across Hostplus Investments
- To deliver consistent growth in net benefit to members
Year of appointment
- 2008
Qualifications and memberships
- Bachelor of Science (Honours), Monash University
- PhD in Mathematical Modelling, Monash University
- Master of Applied Finance, University of Melbourne
Experience
Sam has more than 20 years' experience in senior executive positions that have included:
- Director of Investment Consulting at Russell Investments
- Senior Manager of Bank of Ireland Asset Management
- Senior Consultant at Frontier Investment Consulting
- Senior Asset Consultant at Towers Perrin
- Director of Investment Manager Research at Towers Perrin (US)
1. Effective 31 March 2008