This is a SuperGuide profile of Commonwealth Essential Super, including fund performance, member demographics, 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 Commonwealth Essential Super.
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Commonwealth Essential Super overview
Commonwealth Essential Super is a Public offer Retail fund.
Commonwealth Essential Super has 15 investment options, 1 MySuper products authorised and 91% of its total assets are invested in a default or MySuper strategy.
Learn more about MySuper funds and the different types of super funds.
Of the 123 funds that provided asset data, Commonwealth Essential Super ranks 54 largest in terms of total assets under management, which are valued at approximately $3.968 billion.
Of the 123 funds that provided member data, Commonwealth Essential Super ranks 24 largest, with 150,069 members.
Commonwealth Essential Super ABN
The Commonwealth Essential Super ABN number is 56601925435.
Commonwealth Essential Super USI
The Commonwealth Essential Super USI is FSF1332AU.
Note: A USI (Unique Superannuation Identifier) is used so that you or your employer pays your super contributions into the correct super fund.
Commonwealth Essential Super performance
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Commonwealth Essential Super member profile
In the 2021 financial year, the number of Commonwealth Essential Super members changed by -26%, which places them at 105 of 147 funds in terms of growth.
44.1% of Commonwealth Essential Super's members are female (compared to an average of 43% across all funds), and 55.9% are male (compared to an average of 57% across all funds).
Commonwealth Essential Super member gender overview
In the charts below you can see the age and gender breakdown for Commonwealth Essential Super fund membership and how that compares across all super funds.
Commonwealth Essential Super member age overview (male)
Source: APRA. Data contained in these chart as at 30 June 2021
Commonwealth Essential Super member age overview (female)
Source: APRA. Data contained in these chart as at 30 June 2021
In the chart below you can discover the member balances for Commonwealth Essential Super members, and how that compares across all super funds.
The average member account balance for Commonwealth Essential Super is $26,000.
Commonwealth Essential Super member account balances overview
Data contained in these chart as at 30 June 2021
Commonwealth Essential Super administration details
Below you can find the administration details for Commonwealth Essential Super including whether the super fund is open to the general public (Public offer) or not (Non public offer) and how Commonwealth Essential 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 | Colonial First State Investments Limited |
| Public offer status | Public offer |
| Fund type | Retail |
| RSE licensee ownership type | Financial services corporation ownership |
| RSE licensee profit status | For profit status |
| RSE licensee board structure | Non equal representation |
| RSE licensee balance date | 6/30/2021 |
| Operating expenses ratio | 0.4% (average is 1.2%) |
| Number (and percentage) of female directors | 1 (25% - average is 33.6%) |
| Number (and percentage) of male directors | 3 (75% - average is 66.4%) |
| Total remuneration of directors on trustee board | $338,000 (average is $627,000) |
| Average remuneration of directors on trustee board | $85,000 (average is $89,000) |
Sources: APRA and publicly available information. Data contained in this table as of 30 June 2021
Commonwealth Essential Super contact details
Below you can find contact details for Commonwealth Essential Super including website, email and physical address as well as social media accounts if they are available.
| Phone number | 134074 |
| Email address | contactessentialsuper@cba.com.au |
| Website | www.commbank.com.au/super-retiring/essential-super.html |
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