This is a SuperGuide profile of REST, including information about its members, 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 REST.
REST overview
REST is a Public offer Industry fund.
REST has 30 investment options, 1 MySuper products authorised and 84% of its total assets are invested in a default or MySuper strategy.
Of the 150 funds that provided asset data, REST ranks 11 largest in terms of total assets under management, which are valued at approximately $58.2 billion.
Of the 150 funds that provided member data, REST ranks 2 largest, with 2,026,582 members.
Continue reading to find out more about REST.
Note: N/A means this information is not available.
Important: This profile does not include fund performance because APRA only provides this on a fund-level, and not for a specific investment option. If you are interested in the top-performing funds, see the following SuperGuide articles:
- Best performing super funds: All Growth category (96–100%)
- Best performing super funds: High Growth category (81–95%)
- Best performing super funds: Growth category (61–80%)
- Best performing super funds: Balanced category (41–60%)
- Best performing super funds: Conservative category (21–40%)
If your super fund is not listed in the top 10, check where it appears in our super fund rankings:
- Super fund rankings: All Growth category (96–100%)
- Super fund rankings: High Growth category (81–95%)
- Super fund rankings: Growth category (61–80%)
- Super fund rankings: Balanced category (41–60%)
- Super fund rankings: Conservative category (21–40%)
Awards won by REST
In recent years REST has won the following awards:
- 2017: Best Fund: Innovation (Chant West)
- 2014: Fund of the year (Chant West)
- 2014: Fund of the year (SuperRatings)
- 2013: Best Fund: Investments (Chant West)
REST member profile
REST has 2,026,582 members, which ranks it at number 2 largest of 150 funds.
In the 2019 financial year, the number of REST members changed by 1%, which places them at 48 of 150 funds in terms of growth.
In the charts below you can see the age and gender breakdown for REST fund membership and how that compares across all super funds.
REST member age overview (male)
Source: APRA. Data contained in these chart as at 30 June 2019
REST 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 REST members, and how that compares across all super funds.
The average member account balance for REST is $27,000.
REST member account balances overview
Data contained in these chart as at 30 June 2019
REST administration details
Below you can find the administration details for REST including whether the super fund is open to the general public (Public offer) or not (Non public offer), how the super fund is structured and the super fund’s Australian Business Number (ABN) and USI.
| Fund's RSE licensee | Retail Employees Superannuation Pty. Limited |
| Public offer status | Public offer |
| Fund type | Industry |
| ABN | 62653671394 |
| USI | RES0103AU |
| SPIN | RES0103AU |
| AFSL | 240003 |
| Year Started | 1988 |
| RSE licensee ownership type | Nominating organisation ownership |
| RSE licensee profit status | Not for profit status |
| RSE licensee board structure | Equal representation required by governing rules |
| RSE licensee balance date | 18/06/2020 |
| Investment expenses ratio | 0.6% (average is 0.19%) |
| Operating expenses ratio | 0.3% (average is 1.07%) |
| Number (and percentage) of female directors | 5 (31% - average is 38%) |
| Number (and percentage) of male directors | 11 (69% - average is 62%) |
| Total remuneration of directors on trustee board | $1061,000 (average is $441,000) |
| Average remuneration of directors on trustee board | $66,000 (average is $59,000) |
Sources: APRA and publicly available information. Data contained in this table as of 30 June 2019
REST contact details
Below you can find contact details for REST including website, email and physical address as well as social media accounts if they are available.
| Address |
PO Box 350 Parramatta NSW 2124 |
| Phone number | 1300300778 |
| Website | rest.com.au/ |
| Social media accounts |
Articles mentioning REST (Retail Employees Superannuation Trust)
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