This is a SuperGuide profile of Commonwealth Essential Super, including information about its members, value of assets under management, contact details, and administration details (such as ABN).
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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 92% of its total assets are invested in a default or MySuper strategy.
Of the 150 funds that provided asset data, Commonwealth Essential Super ranks 62 largest in terms of total assets under management, which are valued at approximately $3.8 billion.
Of the 150 funds that provided member data, Commonwealth Essential Super ranks 21 largest, with 272,352 members.
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Commonwealth Essential Super performance
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Commonwealth Essential Super member profile
Commonwealth Essential Super has 272,352 members, which ranks it at number 21 largest of 150 funds.
In the 2019 financial year, the number of Commonwealth Essential Super members changed by -6%, which places them at 100 of 150 funds in terms of growth.
44% of Commonwealth Essential Super's members are female (compared to an average of 46% across all funds), and 56% are male (compared to an average of 54% 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 2019
Commonwealth Essential Super member age overview (female)
Source: APRA. Data contained in these chart as at 30 June 2019
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 $14,000.
Commonwealth Essential Super member account balances overview
Data contained in these chart as at 30 June 2019
Commonwealth Essential Super ABN
The Commonwealth Essential Super ABN number is 56601925435.
Commonwealth Essential Super USI
The Commonwealth Essential Super USI is FSF1332AU.
Commonwealth Essential Super SPIN
The Commonwealth Essential Super SPIN is FSF1332AU.
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 | 30/6/19 |
| Investment expenses ratio | 0% (average is 0.19%) |
| Operating expenses ratio | 0.5% (average is 1.07%) |
| Number (and percentage) of female directors | 3 (50% - average is 38%) |
| Number (and percentage) of male directors | 3 (50% - average is 62%) |
| Total remuneration of directors on trustee board | $900,000 (average is $441,000) |
| Average remuneration of directors on trustee board | $150,000 (average is $59,000) |
Sources: APRA and publicly available information. Data contained in this table as of 30 June 2019
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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