Supporting the creative industries

We continue to back our members in the print, media, entertainment, and arts industries. As one of Australia's leading industry funds, we're here to benefit our members but where it makes sense to do so, we also invest in our members industries.

Investing in film and TV productions

A great example of this, is our funding arrangement with Fulcrum Media Finance (Fulcrum). This arrangement not only supports Media Super members in their industries, but it is helping bring entertainment to the big screen and into our members’ homes.

But more importantly, and consistent with our approach to investing for the best financial interests of our members, this investment is contributing positively to our performance.

Who is Fulcrum?

Fulcrum is not a traditional bank; they are a specialist industry lender who provide access to pre-sale advance loans for film and TV productions across Australia and New Zealand.

And as of 30 September 2024, Fulcrum has loaned more than $800 million to help finance the production of more than 430 screen productions supporting the Australian film and television industry.

Recent examples include:

• Family feature film “Runt”
• Premium drama series “Fake”
• Season three of the hit comedy “Fisk”
• Feature documentary “How to poison a plant”
• First time director Michael Shank’s feature film “Together”
• Second series of animated children’s series “Space Nova”

How do we support Fulcrum?

Our arrangement with Fulcrum dates back to 2010, and was originally launched as a $30 million revolving loan. This limit has increased over time, and following Media Super’s merger with Cbus Super in April 2022, our support continued with an increase in limit to $80 million.

Continued support

In an exciting development for all our members, we have increased our revolving loan to over $100 million recently, highlighting our continued support for our members in the creative industries.