TWUSUPER - Balanced (MySuper)
- Last updated on 02 Jun 2020
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TWUSUPER was established in 1984 to provide for the retirement needs of members employed within the transport and logistic industries. The fund is a public offer fund and allows members from all industries to apply for membership.The Balanced (MySuper) option is the fund's default option, whilst choice members may also select from the Equity Plus or Cash Plus investment options. The Balanced (MySuper) option underperformed the relevant SuperRatings Index over all assessed time periods to 30 June 2019.Fees are higher than the industry average across medium and larger account balances assessed; however, the Direct Expense Recovery fee of 0.25% is capped at $750 per annum. The fund does not charge a buy-sell spread or switching fees. TWUSUPER's insurance offering allows eligible members to apply for up to $5 million of Death cover and up to $2.5 million of TPD cover. Members can also apply to increase cover following the occurrence of a prescribed Life Event without additional underwriting. Income Protection is available covering up to 84.5% of salary with a 2 year benefit period following a 30, 60 or 90 day waiting period. Members receive access to financial advice, as well as a range of educational material and industry related news. The fund offers free retirement seminars, which are held around Australia, to ensure members are well informed on their retirement needs.
Admin fee $78 | Health insurance |
Administration fee (%) 0.31% | Binding nominations |
Indirect cost ratio (%) 0.92% | Anti-detriment payments |
Exit fee $0 | Switching fee $0 |
Financial planning service | Employer size discount |
Credit cards | Home loans |
Insurance life event increases | Non-lapsing binding nominations |
Investment fee 0.13% | Long term income protection |
Account size discount |
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Product | Past 5-year return | Admin fee | Company | Calc fees on 50k | Features | SuperRatings awards | Go to site | |
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3.88% | $78 | Promoted TWUSUPER - Balanced (MySuper) | $758 | Advisory services Death insurance Income protection Online access Term deposits Variety of options | | More details | ||
3.88% | $78 | Promoted TWUSUPER - Industry | $758 | Advisory services Death insurance Income protection Online access Term deposits Variety of options |  | More details | ||
3.88% | $78 | Promoted TWUSUPER - TransPersonal | $758 | Advisory services Death insurance Income protection Online access Term deposits Variety of options | | More details | ||
3.88% | $78 | Promoted TWUSUPER - Transuper (Corporate Division) | $758 | Advisory services Death insurance Income protection Online access Term deposits Variety of options | | More details |
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FAQs
You can withdraw your superannuation when you meet the ‘conditions of release’. The conditions of release say you can claim your super when you reach:
- Age 65
- Your ‘preservation age’ and retire
- Your preservation age and begin a ‘transition to retirement’ while still working
The preservation age – which is different to the pension age – is based on date of birth. Here are the six different categories:
| Date of birth | Preservation age |
|---|---|
| Before 1 July 1960 | 55 |
| 1 July 1960 – 30 June 1961 | 56 |
| 1 July 1961 – 30 June 1962 | 57 |
| 1 July 1962 – 30 June 1963 | 58 |
| 1 July 1963 – 30 June 1964 | 59 |
| From 1 July 1964 | 60 |
A transition to retirement allows you to continue working while accessing up to 10 per cent of the money in your superannuation account at the start of each financial year.
There are also seven special circumstances under which you can claim your superannuation:
- Compassionate grounds
- Severe financial hardship
- Temporary incapacity
- Permanent incapacity
- Superannuation inheritance
- Superannuation balance under $200
- Temporary resident departing Australia
MySuper accounts are basic, low-fee accounts. If you don’t nominate a superannuation fund, your employer must choose one for you that offers a MySuper account.
MySuper accounts offer two investment options:
- Single diversified investment strategy
Your fund assigns you a risk strategy and investment profile, which remain unchanged throughout your working life.
- Lifecycle investment strategy
Your fund assigns you an investment strategy based on your age, and then changes it as you get older. Younger workers are given strategies that emphasise growth assets
The amount of superannuation you need to have at retirement is based on how much money you would expect to spend each week during your retirement. That, in turn, depends on whether you expect to lead a modest retirement or a comfortable retirement.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates you would need the following amount per week:
| Lifestyle | Singles | Couples |
|---|---|---|
| Modest | $465 | $668 |
| Comfortable | $837 | $1,150 |
Here is the superannuation balance you would need to fund that level of spending:
| Lifestyle | Singles | Couples |
|---|---|---|
| Modest | $50,000 | $35,000 |
| Comfortable | $545,000 | $640,000 |
These figures come from the March 2017 edition of the ASFA Retirement Standard.
The reason people on modest lifestyles need so much less money is because they qualify for a far bigger age pension.
Here is how ASFA defines retirement lifestyles:
| Category | Comfortable | Modest | Age pension |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holidays | One annual holiday in Australia | One or two short breaks in Australia near where you live | Shorter breaks or day trips in your own city |
| Eating out | Regularly eat out at restaurants. Good range and quality of food | Infrequently eat out at restaurants. Cheaper and less food | Only club special meals or inexpensive takeaway |
| Car | Owning a reasonable car | Owning an older, less reliable car | No car – or, if you do, a struggle to afford the upkeep |
| Alcohol | Bottled wine | Casked wine | Homebrew beer or no alcohol |
| Clothing | Good clothes | Reasonable clothes | Basic clothes |
| Hair | Regular haircuts at a good hairdresser | Regular haircuts at a basic salon | Less frequent haircuts or getting a friend to do it |
| Leisure | A range of regular leisure activities | One paid leisure activity, infrequently | Free or low-cost leisure activities |
| Electronics | A range of electronic equipment | Not much scope to run an air conditioner | Less heating in winter |
| Maintenance | Replace kitchen and bathroom over 20 years | No budget for home improvements. Can do repairs, but can’t replace kitchen or bathroom | No budget to fix home problems like a leaky roof |
| Insurance | Private health insurance | Private health insurance | No private health insurance |
You or your partner could be forced to surrender part of your superannuation if you divorce, just like with other assets.
You can file a claim for division of property – including superannuation – as soon as you divorce. However, the claim has to be filed within one year of the divorce.
Your superannuation could be affected even if you’re in a de facto relationship – that is, living together as a couple without being officially married.
In that case, the claim has to be filed within two years of the date of separation.
Either way, the first thing to consider is whether you’re a member of a standard, APRA-regulated superannuation fund or if you’re a member of a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), because different rules apply.
Standard superannuation funds
If your relationship breaks down, your superannuation savings might be divided by court order or by agreement.
The rules of the superannuation fund will dictate whether this transfer happens immediately, or in the future when the person who has to make the transfer is allowed to access the rest of their superannuation (i.e. at or near retirement).
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SMSFs
If your relationship breaks down, you must continue to observe the trust deed of your SMSF.
So if you and your partner are both members of the same SMSF, neither party is allowed to use the fund to inflict ‘punishment’ – such as by excluding the other party from the decision-making process or refusing their request to roll their money into another superannuation fund.
This no-punishment rule applies even if the two parties are involved in legal proceedings.
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Financial consequences
Superannuation funds often charge a fee for splitting accounts after a relationship breakdown.
Splitting superannuation can also impact the size of your total super balance and how your super is taxed.
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You can withdraw your superannuation (or at least some of it) when you reach ‘preservation age’. The preservation age is based on date of birth. Here are the six different categories:
| Date of birth | Preservation age |
|---|---|
| Before 1 July 1960 | 55 |
| 1 July 1960 – 30 June 1961 | 56 |
| 1 July 1961 – 30 June 1962 | 57 |
| 1 July 1962 – 30 June 1963 | 58 |
| 1 July 1963 – 30 June 1964 | 59 |
| From 1 July 1964 | 60 |
When you reach preservation age, you can withdraw all your superannuation if you’re retired. If you’re still working, you can begin a ‘transition to retirement’, which allows you to withdraw 10 per cent of their superannuation each financial year.
You can also withdraw all your superannuation once you reach 65 years.
The amount of superannuation you should have at age 40 is based on how much money you need to have at retirement. That, in turn, is based on how much money you expect to spend each week during your retirement. That, in turn, depends on whether you expect to lead a modest retirement or a comfortable retirement.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates you would need the following amount per week:
| Lifestyle | Singles | Couples |
|---|---|---|
| Modest | $465 | $668 |
| Comfortable | $837 | $1,150 |
Here is the superannuation balance you would need to fund that level of spending:
| Lifestyle | Singles | Couples |
|---|---|---|
| Modest | $50,000 | $35,000 |
| Comfortable | $545,000 | $640,000 |
These figures come from the March 2017 edition of the ASFA Retirement Standard.
The reason people on modest lifestyles need so much less money is because they qualify for a far bigger age pension.
Here is how ASFA defines retirement lifestyles:
| Category | Comfortable | Modest | Age pension |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holidays | One annual holiday in Australia | One or two short breaks in Australia near where you live | Shorter breaks or day trips in your own city |
| Eating out | Regularly eat out at restaurants. Good range and quality of food | Infrequently eat out at restaurants. Cheaper and less food | Only club special meals or inexpensive takeaway |
| Car | Owning a reasonable car | Owning an older, less reliable car | No car – or, if you do, a struggle to afford the upkeep |
| Alcohol | Bottled wine | Casked wine | Homebrew beer or no alcohol |
| Clothing | Good clothes | Reasonable clothes | Basic clothes |
| Hair | Regular haircuts at a good hairdresser | Regular haircuts at a basic salon | Less frequent haircuts or getting a friend to do it |
| Leisure | A range of regular leisure activities | One paid leisure activity, infrequently | Free or low-cost leisure activities |
| Electronics | A range of electronic equipment | Not much scope to run an air conditioner | Less heating in winter |
| Maintenance | Replace kitchen and bathroom over 20 years | No budget for home improvements. Can do repairs, but can’t replace kitchen or bathroom | No budget to fix home problems like a leaky roof |
| Insurance | Private health insurance | Private health insurance | No private health insurance |
When you start a job, your employer will give you what’s called a ‘superannuation standard choice form’. Here’s what you need to complete the form:
- The name of your preferred superannuation fund
- The fund’s address
- The fund’s Australian business number (ABN)
- The fund’s superannuation product identification number (SPIN)
- The fund’s phone number
- A letter from the fund trustee confirming that the fund is a complying fund; or written evidence from the fund stating it will accept contributions from your new employer; or details about how your employer can make contributions to the fund
You should also provide your tax file number – while it’s not a legal obligation, it will ensure your contributions will be taxed at the (lower) superannuation rate.
According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), here is how much you would be able to spend per week during retirement:
| Lifestyle | Singles | Couples |
|---|---|---|
| Modest | $465 | $668 |
| Comfortable | $837 | $1,150 |
Here is the superannuation balance you would need to fund that level of spending:
| Lifestyle | Singles | Couples |
|---|---|---|
| Modest | $50,000 | $35,000 |
| Comfortable | $545,000 | $640,000 |
These figures come from the March 2017 edition of the ASFA Retirement Standard.
The reason people on modest lifestyles need so much less money is because they qualify for a far bigger age pension.
Here is how ASFA defines retirement lifestyles:
| Category | Comfortable | Modest | Age pension |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holidays | One annual holiday in Australia | One or two short breaks in Australia near where you live | Shorter breaks or day trips in your own city |
| Eating out | Regularly eat out at restaurants. Good range and quality of food | Infrequently eat out at restaurants. Cheaper and less food | Only club special meals or inexpensive takeaway |
| Car | Owning a reasonable car | Owning an older, less reliable car | No car – or, if you do, a struggle to afford the upkeep |
| Alcohol | Bottled wine | Casked wine | Homebrew beer or no alcohol |
| Clothing | Good clothes | Reasonable clothes | Basic clothes |
| Hair | Regular haircuts at a good hairdresser | Regular haircuts at a basic salon | Less frequent haircuts or getting a friend to do it |
| Leisure | A range of regular leisure activities | One paid leisure activity, infrequently | Free or low-cost leisure activities |
| Electronics | A range of electronic equipment | Not much scope to run an air conditioner | Less heating in winter |
| Maintenance | Replace kitchen and bathroom over 20 years | No budget for home improvements. Can do repairs, but can’t replace kitchen or bathroom | No budget to fix home problems like a leaky roof |
| Insurance | Private health insurance | Private health insurance | No private health insurance |
Accessing your superannuation is a simple administrative procedure – you just ask your fund to pay it. You can access your superannuation in three different ways:
- Lump sum
- Account-based pension
- Part lump sum and part account-based pension
However, please note that your superannuation fund will only be able to make a payout if you meet the ‘conditions of release’. The conditions of release say you can claim your super when you reach:
- Age 65
- Your ‘preservation age’ and retire
- Your preservation age and begin a ‘transition to retirement’ while still working
The preservation age has six different categories:
| Date of birth | Preservation age |
|---|---|
| Before 1 July 1960 | 55 |
| 1 July 1960 – 30 June 1961 | 56 |
| 1 July 1961 – 30 June 1962 | 57 |
| 1 July 1962 – 30 June 1963 | 58 |
| 1 July 1963 – 30 June 1964 | 59 |
| From 1 July 1964 | 60 |
There are also seven special circumstances under which you can claim your superannuation:
- Compassionate grounds
- Severe financial hardship
- Temporary incapacity
- Permanent incapacity
- Superannuation inheritance
- Superannuation balance under $200
- Temporary resident departing Australia
Superannuation is designed to provide Australians with money in their retirement. The government has strict rules around when people can take that money out of their fund because it wants to prevent people eroding their savings before they reach retirement.
As a general rule, you can only take money out of your superannuation fund when you reach:
- Age 65
- Your ‘preservation age’ and retire
- Your preservation age and begin a ‘transition to retirement’ while still working
That said, you can take money out of your superannuation fund early based on one of these seven special conditions:
- Compassionate grounds
- Severe financial hardship
- Temporary incapacity
- Permanent incapacity
- Superannuation inheritance
- Superannuation balance under $200
- Temporary resident departing Australia