Largest
Strong Long-term Returns
When considering AustralianSuper as a default fund
Your local representative can help you with:
- Providing comparisons on fees, returns and insurance5.
- Running super training for your bargaining team.
Want to know more?
Super for unions guide - pdf, 3.1MB
A training booklet with useful information and tools to help demystify super.
Protecting members’ super - pdf, 174KB
Find out what AustralianSuper does to help members receive their super on time.
Super tool kit - pdf, 498KB
Download a copy of the ACTU’s ‘Organisers super tool kit’.
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The union movement and AustralianSuper
Australian unions fought hard and won universal super for working Australians.The right of every Australian worker to have their own super account, only exists because of the efforts of unions and its members from the 1960s through to the 1980s and still to this day.
AustralianSuper was created on 1 July 2006 through the merger of Australian Retirement Fund (ARF) and the Superannuation Trust of Australia (STA).
Our purpose is to help members achieve the best possible retirement outcome.
The ability to leverage the Fund’s scale helps reduce the overall cost of investing, and provides unique access to attractive, large scale investment opportunities, which have delivered strong long-term investment returns3 and helped us keep admin fees low7.
Why AustralianSuper?
Top long-term performer
AustralianSuper's Balanced investment option has consistently delivered top, long term performance3. That could help you save more for retirement.
Run for you
AustralianSuper is a profit-for-member fund. This means we don’t pay profits or dividends to shareholders, so profit we make is for members.
Compare AustralianSuper with the Chant West Super AppleCheck
Get an independent comparison report from superannuation research firm Chant West comparing the funds of your choice.
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Important information to consider
- APRA Quarterly superannuation fund level statistics December 2024. Released March 2025.
- Readers Digest Most Trusted Brands – Superannuation category winner for 12 years running 2013-2024 according to research conducted by leading independent research agency Catalyst Research. Awards and ratings are only one factor to be taken into account when choosing a super fund. Read the full methodology.
- AustralianSuper Balanced investment option compared to the SuperRatings Fund Crediting Rate Survey - SR50 Balanced (60–76) Index to 31 December 2024. Investment returns aren’t guaranteed. Past performance isn’t a reliable indicator of future returns.
- Personal financial product advice is provided under the Australian Financial Services Licence held by a third party and not by AustralianSuper Pty Ltd. Fees may apply.
- AustralianSuper insurance is provided by TAL Life Limited (the Insurer) ABN 70 050 109 450, AFSL 237848.
- AustralianSuper has a total of 3.51 million members and $367.1 billion in member assets as at 31 December 2024.
- Source: Zenith CW Pty Ltd (Chant West) (ABN 20 639 121 403). Chant West Super Fund Fee Survey 31 December 2024. Survey compares administration, investment and transaction fees and costs for MySuper products for a $50,000 balance. Fees may change in the future which may affect the outcome of this comparison.
- AustralianSuper received the Canstar Outstanding Value Award – Superannuation in 2011-2025, and Outstanding Value Award – Account Based Pension in 2018-2024. Read the full methodology for super here and for account based pension here. Awards and ratings are only one factor to be taken into account when choosing a super fund.