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Aware Super

This is a SuperGuide profile of Aware Super, including fund performance, value of assets under management, contact details, and administration details (such as ABN and USI).

This profile is factual information and is not an advertisement or recommendation for Aware Super. View other super fund guides.

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  • Aware Super overview
  • Aware Super ABN and USIs
  • Aware Super super investment options
  • Aware Super pension investment options
  • Awards won by Aware Super
  • Aware Super insurance
  • Aware Super administration details
  • Aware Super contact details
Note: Aware Super was formed in 2020 following the mergers of First State Super, VicSuper and WA Super. In December 2021 VISSF (The Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund) also merged into Aware Super.

Aware Super overview

Aware Super is a Public offer Public Sector fund.

   Learn more about MySuper funds and the different types of super funds.

Aware Super ranks 3 in terms of total member benefits, which are valued at approximately $176.81 billion.

In terms of members, Aware Super ranks 5, with 1,224,303 members. In the 2024 financial year, the number of Aware Super members changed by 2%, which places them at 37 of 95 funds in terms of growth.

Aware Super is one of the 15 super funds that has committed to achieving net-zero absolute carbon emissions in their investment portfolios by 2050, in alignment with the Paris Agreement.


Aware Super ABN

The Aware Super ABN number is 53226460365.

Aware Super has the following USI numbers

Aware Super Defined Benefit 53226460365003
Aware Super Future Saver 53226460365001
Aware Super Lifetime Pension 53226460365004
Aware Super Retirement Income 53226460365002
Aware Super Term Allocated Pension 53226460365014
Guaranteed Income 53226460365013

Note: A USI (Unique Superannuation Identifier) helps you or your employer know you are paying super contributions into the correct super fund.


Aware Super performance

Aware Super super investment options

Default option (MySuper)

Strategy type Lifecycle

Growth assets

Grow – Age 55 and under Grow – Age 55 and under growth asset 88%

Percentage of growth assets 88%
Investment category High growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.64% 0.09%

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Manage – Age 56 Manage – Age 56 growth asset 85%

Percentage of growth assets 85%
Investment category High growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.63% 0.08%

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Manage – Age 57 Manage – Age 57 growth asset 83%

Percentage of growth assets 83%
Investment category High growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.62% 0.08%

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Manage – Age 58 Manage – Age 58 growth asset 80%

Percentage of growth assets 80%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.61% 0.08%

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Manage – Age 59 Manage – Age 59 growth asset 78%

Percentage of growth assets 78%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.59% 0.08%

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Manage – Age 60 Manage – Age 60 growth asset 75%

Percentage of growth assets 75%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.58% 0.08%

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Manage – Age 61 Manage – Age 61 growth asset 71%

Percentage of growth assets 71%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.57% 0.07%

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Manage – Age 62 Manage – Age 62 growth asset 68%

Percentage of growth assets 68%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.56% 0.07%

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Manage – Age 63 Manage – Age 63 growth asset 64%

Percentage of growth assets 64%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.54% 0.07%

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Manage – Age 64 Manage – Age 64 growth asset 61%

Percentage of growth assets 61%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.53% 0.07%

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Age 65 and over Age 65 and over growth asset 57%

Percentage of growth assets 57%
Investment category Balanced

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.51% 0.07%

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Other multi-sector super investment options

Growth assets

High Growth High Growth growth asset 88%

Percentage of growth assets 88%
Investment category High growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.64% 0.09%

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High Growth Indexed High Growth Indexed growth asset 88%

Percentage of growth assets 88%
Investment category High growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.10% 0.01%

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High Growth Socially Conscious High Growth Socially Conscious growth asset 88% ESG

Percentage of growth assets 88%
Investment category High growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.36% 0.08%

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Balanced Balanced growth asset 75%

Percentage of growth assets 75%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.58% 0.08%

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Balanced Indexed Balanced Indexed growth asset 75%

Percentage of growth assets 75%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.09% 0

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Balanced Socially Conscious Balanced Socially Conscious growth asset 75% ESG

Percentage of growth assets 75%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.34% 0.07%

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Conservative Balanced Conservative Balanced growth asset 57%

Percentage of growth assets 57%
Investment category Balanced

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.51% 0.07%

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Conservative Conservative growth asset 35%

Percentage of growth assets 35%
Investment category Conservative

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.38% 0.06%

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Defensive Defensive growth asset 25%

Percentage of growth assets 25%
Investment category Conservative

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.25% 0.04%

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Other single sector super investment options

Australian Shares

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.07% 0

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Bonds

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.11% 0

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Cash

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.05% 0

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International Shares

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.07% 0

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Property

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.41% 0.05%

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Term Deposit

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.00% 0

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Offers TTR pension

Aware Super also offers transition-to-retirement (TTR) pension investment options.

Aware Super pension investment options

Multi-sector pension investment options

Growth assets

High Growth High Growth growth asset 88%

Percentage of growth assets 88%
Investment category High growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.64% 0.09%

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Balanced Balanced growth asset 75%

Percentage of growth assets 75%
Investment category Growth

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.58% 0.08%

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Conservative Balanced Conservative Balanced growth asset 57%

Percentage of growth assets 57%
Investment category Balanced

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.51% 0.07%

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Conservative Balanced Indexed Conservative Balanced Indexed growth asset 57%

Percentage of growth assets 57%
Investment category Balanced

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.08% 0

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Conservative Balanced Socially Conscious Conservative Balanced Socially Conscious growth asset 57% ESG

Percentage of growth assets 57%
Investment category Balanced

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.31% 0.06%

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Conservative Indexed Conservative Indexed growth asset 38%

Percentage of growth assets 38%
Investment category Conservative

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.07% 0.01%

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Conservative Socially Conscious Conservative Socially Conscious growth asset 38% ESG

Percentage of growth assets 38%
Investment category Conservative

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.23% 0.06%

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Conservative Conservative growth asset 35%

Percentage of growth assets 35%
Investment category Conservative

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.38% 0.38%

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Defensive Defensive growth asset 25%

Percentage of growth assets 25%
Investment category Conservative

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.15% $750 0.01% 0.25% 0.04%

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Single sector pension investment options

Australian Shares

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.06% 0.01%

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Bonds

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.11% 0

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Cash

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.05% 0

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International Shares

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.07% 0

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Property

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.44% 0.04%

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Term Deposit

Fees

Admin fee fixed Admin fee % Admin fee cap General reserves Investment fees and costs Transaction costs
$52 0.23% $125 0.01% 0.00% 0

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See also our features on the best performing pension funds .

If your fund is not listed as a top performer, check where it appears in our pension fund rankings.


Awards won by Aware Super

In recent years Aware Super has won the following awards:

2024

  • Super fund of the year (Chant West)
  • Pension fund of the year (Chant West)
  • Best Fund: Investments (Chant West)
  • Best Fund: Insurance (Chant West)
  • Retirement offering of the year (SuperRatings)
  • Lifetime Return (SuperRatings)

2023

  • Generations Award (SuperRatings)
  • Best Fund: Responsible Investment (Chant West)

2022

  • Best Fund: Responsible Investment (Chant West)

2021

  • Momentum (SuperRatings)

2019

  • Best Fund: Integrity (Chant West)

Learn more about the Super funds of the year awards and Pension funds of the year awards.

Aware Super insurance

Aware Super provides the following types of insurance:

  • Life insurance (death cover)
  • Total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover
  • Income protection cover

Learn more about insurance through your super fund.

Aware Super administration details

Below you can find the administration details for Aware Super including whether the super fund is open to the general public (Public offer) or not (Non public offer) and how Aware Super is structured. You can also learn how their expenses ratio compares to other super funds, as well as the gender ratio and remuneration of their board directors.

Fund's RSE licensee Aware Super Pty Ltd
Public offer status Public offer
Fund type Public Sector
RSE licensee ownership type Equal representation required by governing rules
RSE licensee profit status Not for profit status
RSE licensee board structure Other ownership type
RSE licensee balance date 6/30/2024
Investment expenses ratio 0.3% (average is 0.18%)
Operating expenses ratio 0.2% (average is 0.49%)
Number (and percentage) of female directors 7 (73%% - average is 40.7%)
Number (and percentage) of male directors 3 (27%% - average is 59.3%)
Total remuneration of directors on trustee board $1,439,000 (average is $743,412)
Average remuneration of directors on trustee board $144,000 (average is $102,069)

Sources: APRA and publicly available information. Data contained in this table as of 30 June 2024

Aware Super contact details

Below you can find contact details for Aware Super including website, email and physical address as well as social media accounts if they are available.

Address

GPO BOX 89

Melbourne

VIC

3001

Phone number 1300 650 873
Website aware.com.au
Social media accounts
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

Articles mentioning Aware Super

Aware Super

Super fund rankings: Conservative category (21–40%)

Aware Super

Super fund rankings: Balanced category (41–60%)

Aware Super

Super fund rankings: Growth category (61–80%)

Aware Super

Super fund rankings: High Growth category (81–95%)

Aware Super

Pension fund rankings: Conservative category (21–40%)

Aware Super

Pension fund rankings: Balanced category (41–60%)

Aware Super

Pension fund rankings: Growth category (61–80%)

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Pension fund rankings: High Growth category (81–95%)

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Best performing pension funds: Conservative category (21–40%)

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Best performing pension funds: Balanced category (41–60%)

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Best performing pension funds: High Growth category (81–95%)

Aware Super

Best performing super funds: Conservative category (21–40%)

Aware Super

Best performing super funds: Balanced category (41–60%)

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Best performing super funds: High Growth category (81–95%)

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Best performing super funds: Growth category (61–80%)

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