Investing back into our 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.
Film and television
We have a long, rich history of storytelling in Australia and it's not always easy to get these stories onto our screens. So, Media Super found a way to help.
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.
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.
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, support continued with the limit increased to $80 million.
More recently we have increased our revolving loan to over $100 million, highlighting our continued support for our members in the creative industries.
Some of the recent productions that we have supported include:
- Family feature film Runt
- Premium drama series Fake
- Season three of the hit comedy Fisk
- Feature documentary Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
- First time director Michael Shank’s feature film Together
- Second series of animated children’s series Space Nova
Please note, any enquiries regarding funding for a project should be directed to Fulcrum Media Finance.
Australian Chamber Orchestra Instrument Fund
Media Super is an investor in the Australia Chamber Orchestra's (ACO) Instrument Fund. The Instrument Fund is an unlisted Australian unit trust available only to wholesale investors and its investment objective is to achieve long-term capital gains. The investment in the Instrument Fund is aligned with a longer investment time frame and provides diversification from traditional assets.
The ACO established the Instrument Fund in 2011 to offer patrons and investors the rare opportunity to participate in the ownership of a bank of historic stringed instruments.
The ACO Instrument Fund holds four assets from the ‘Golden Age’ – instruments made between 1560 to 1740 in Cremona, Italy – of instrument-making: a 1590 Brothers Amati violin, a 1728/29 Stradivarius violin, a 1714 Guarneri violin, and a 1616 Brothers Amati cello. These four rare instruments are played by the professional musicians of the ACO.
For more information about the Instrument Fund, please visit the ACO's website.