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Superannuation_SEN_Sep2018

Superannuation_SEN_Sep2018

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3 0 Septem ber20 18

W h at is ch an gin g?

Fir s t Home Super Sav er Scheme ( FHSS)

Fro m 1 July 20 18 , any

v o luntary befo re

tax and afte r

tax co ntributio nsm ade after 1 July 20 17 m ay
be withdrawn fo r t he purpo se purchasing a first home (subject to eligibility ). Vo luntary co ntributio ns
can be withdrawn up to am axim um o f $3 0 ,00 0 intotal and no mo rethan $1 5 ,00
0 from any o ne
y ear alo ng w ith asso ciatedearnings. Hav ing am o unts release d do es not affect the c alculatio n o f yo ur
co ntributio ns fo r co ntributio ns c ap purpo ses.Yo urco ntributio ns still co unt to wards y o ur
co ntributio n c aps fo rtheyear t hey we re o riginall
ym ade. T he Australian T ax O ffice (ATO) is
respo nsible fo rthe FHSS Schem e and any request s fo rthe re lease o fco ntributio ns m ust bem ade to
the ATO . T o find o ut ify o uare e ligible andto re questthe re lease o fvo luntary contributio nsv isit
ww w.ato .go v .au
.

Dow ns iz er c ontri buti ons

D ownsizer co ntributio ns Fro m 1 July 20 18 , if yo u are ov erthe age o f 65 ,y o um ay be eligible to
co ntribute up to $3 00 ,0 00 fro m t he saleo fyo ur hom e. This co ntributio nknown as a downsizer
co n
tributio n m ust be m ade w ithin 90 day so f receiv ing t he pro ceedso f a sale (usually t he se ttlem ent
date ). A do wnsizer c o ntributio n does no t co unttowards y o ur c o ntributio nso rtotal super balance
caps in they ear itwasm ade. To m ake a downsizercontributio
n, t he procee ds and t he ATO

appro v ed fo rm m ust be receiv ed. Fo rmo re info rm ation and t o do wnlo ad t he fo rm ,v isit
ww w.ato .go v .au/ super
.

Ear ly R el eas e of Super

Fro m 1 July 20 18 ,the adm inistratio n fo rthe release o
f superannuatio no n com passio nate gro unds
has changed from theD epartmento f Human Serv ices t o the Australian T ax o ffice, acc essiblev ia the
m y Gov o nline serv ices po rtal at
www .my .go v .au
.

C omplai nts

H
andl i ng

Fro m 1 Nov e
m ber2 01 8 , T he Superannuatio n Com plaints Tribunal (SCT) and t heFinancial
Om budsman Serv ice(FOS)will no lo nger be respo nsible fo r co m plaints handling. The Australian
Financial Com plaints Authority (AFCA) w ill be respo nsible fo r receiv ing com plaints from
this date.

P lease note that t he SCT

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com plaints that were lo dged w ith t he SCT befo re 1 Nov em ber2 01 8
. Fo rmo re info rmatio n, please
see
https:/ /www.firstsuper.com .au/ com plaints/
.

Thisno ticeexplainsthechangestoFirstSuperAccum ulatio npro duct.Itincludesev entsthatim pact,
and changes to, the info rmatio n pro v ided within the P ro duct D isclo sure Statements (P D S) o f tho se
pro ducts , including the asso ciated supplem entary do cument
s. All changes will be inco rpo rated
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www .firstsuper.com .au

First S upe r

t

S up e rannuatio n

Significant Eve nt Notice

2

C aps and t hr es hol ds

The fo llowing superannuatio n t ax t hresho lds hav echanged fo r t he2 01 8/ 19 financial y ear.

2 01 7/ 18

2 01 8/ 19

D ivisio n2 93 t ax threshold

$ 30 0 ,0 00

$ 25 0 ,0 00

Superannuatio n Guarantee ( SGH)
m axim um co ntributio n base

$ 52 ,76 0 per quarter

$ 54 ,03 0 per quarter

Co

co ntributio n lowe rthreshold

$ 36 ,81 3

$ 37 ,69 7

Co

co ntributio n upper t hreshold

$ 51 ,81 3

$ 52 ,69 7

L um p sum lo w rate c ap

$ 20 0 ,0 00

$ 20 5 ,0 00

Untax edP lan c apamo unt

$ 1 ,4 45 ,000

$ 1 ,4 80 ,000

Admi nis tr ati on Fees

The co sto fo perating t he fund fo r t he 20 18 /1 9 year is $ 94 .88 per annum .
This isa co sto fo perating
the Fund. It is paid by t he Fund and is no t deducte d fro m yo ur acco unt(s). T he fund c laim s a t ax
deductio n fo r adm inistratio n co sts e a
chy ear.The deductio n is paid into the adm inistratio n rese rv e.

The co sto fo perating t he fund fo r t he 20 17 /1 8 yearwas$ 75 .49 per annum .

Adv ic e Fees

The adv ice fee s relating to all m em bers invest ing in aparticular My Super pro duct o r inve stm ent
o ptio n has

reduced to $6 .06 per annum during 20 17 /1 8 .

The equivalent adv ice fe e during t he 20 16 /1 7 year was $ 6 .8 1 per annum .

I n vest men t Ch an ges

Standar d R i s k

Inv estm ent O ptio n Standard Risk

As at3 0 June20 17

As at3 0 Septem ber20 18

Shar es Pl us

4 .2Ye ars

4 .4
Ye ars

G r owth

3 .5Ye ars

3 .7Ye ars

B al anc ed
( Defaul t)

2 .3Ye ars

2 .6Ye ars

C ons er v ati v e
B al anc ed

1 .2Ye ars

1 .5Ye ars

C as h

0 .0Ye ars

0 .0Ye ars

3

I nv es tment Opti on Obj ec tiv es

Inv estm ent O ptio n O bjectiv e

As at3 0 June20 17

As at3 0 Septem ber20 18

Shar es Pl us

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in five

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in fo ur

G r owth

Co
nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in six

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in five

B al anc ed
( Defaul t)

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in nine

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in e ight

C ons er v ati v e
B al anc e
d

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in fifteen

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to less t hanone in t hirteen

C as h

Co nfine

the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to being negligible

Co nfine the chance o f t he rate c redite dto
m em bers falling below zero in any
financial y ear to being negligible

As s et Al l oc ati on

Actual Asset
Allocatio n

Asset Class

As at3 0 June20 17

As at3 0 Septem ber20 18

B al anc ed
( Defaul t)

Cash

5 .3%

9 .10
%

Australian Fixed
Inco me

1 0 .7%

9 .70
%

Inte rnatio nal Fixe d
Inco me

1 0 .8%

9 .70
%

Australian L isted
Equities

2 3 .10 %

2 2 .70
%

Australian Unlisted
Equities

7 .50%

7 .10
%

Inte rnatio nalL isted
Equities

2 0 .40 %

1 9 .10
%

Inte rnatio nalUnliste d
Equities

0 .30%

0 .20
%

Australian Unlisted
P ro perty

1 0 .90 %

1 0 .60
%

Australian Unlisted
Infrastructure

6 .50%

6 .70
%

Inte rnatio nalUnliste d
Infrastructure

4 .50%

5 .10
%

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I nv es tm ent
Fees and C os ts

Inv estm ent Fee

Indirect Co st Ratio ( ICR)

2 01 6/ 17

2 01 7/ 18

2 01 6/ 17

2 01 7/ 18

Shar es Pl us

0 .95
%

1 .12
%

0 .07
%

0 .08
%

G r owth

0 .86
%

1 .05
%

0 .06
%

0 .06
%

B al anc ed
( Defaul t)

0 .87
%

1 .20
%

0 .04
%

0 .04
%

C ons er v ati v e
B al anc ed

0 .45
%

0 .46
%

0 .03
%

0 .03
%

C as h

0 .01
%

0 .03
%

0 .00
%

0 .00
%

No te: Investm ent fe es andICRs charged in subsequent financial y ears w ill depend o n t he actual c osts
incurred in t ho sey ears.P ast co stsm ay no t neces sarily be an indicato r o f futureco sts.

Pr oper ty Oper ati onal

C os ts

P ro perty O peratio nalCo sts

2 01 6/ 17

2 01 7/ 18

Shar es Pl us

0 .18
%

0 .07
%

G r owth

0 .18
%

0 .07
%

B al anc ed
( Defaul t)

0 .14
%

0 .08
%

C ons er v ati v e
B al anc ed

0 .19
%

0 .07
%

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