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MORE magazine

Our MORE magazines help you maximise your retirement savings, provide tips for managing your money now and feature plenty of ways to get the most out of your HOSTPLUS membership. The two bi-annual editions are mailed to members throughout March and September, along with your statement.

We understand that different stages of your life mean different things for your super and finances, so there’s a MORE magazine with features and articles tailored especially for you. 

The 2011/12 HOSTPLUS Annual Report can be found here.

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Get help reading your super statement

This easy-to-read guide will help you better understand the more detailed aspects of your super statement. For help with your HOSTPLUS Pension Plan statement, please contact us.

Project super

It’s a great time of year to get your house in order because a little spring cleaning now means you can
relax later. It’s the same with your super. A makeover here and there can result in your super balance looking even brighter. The latest editions of MORE contain tips and tools to help you with the job. So load up and let’s get started with Project Super.

Consolidate your super and set up your future

Get it together and you’ll save on hidden fees and spend less time chasing paperwork and more time relaxing. Rollover your super using our online rollover tool now and find out more about how SuperMatch could help you get your super accounts sorted.

Contribute a little more

9% is the current super guarantee level, rising to 12% by 2019. But if you rode 1%, 1.5% or even 2% above the minimum for the rest of your working life, that relatively small difference could make a massive difference when you retire. Find out how.

Come in and look inside

While we’ve always prided ourselves on being straight talking and up-front, the government is bringing in rules for all super funds to follow to make sure that everyone can easily look inside their super fund to see how it is run.Learn more.

Take advantage of free kicks

The government’s co-contribution scheme may put free money into your account for every dollar you contribute up to $1,000 (income level permitting). Find out more.

Let us know your Tax File Number (TFN)

Make sure we have your TFN to avoid paying higher tax. You can check if we have it by looking at your statement. Not sure what your TFN is? Find out more. 

Don't leave your HOSTPLUS super behind

Take us with you Whenever you change jobs or industries, you can have your new employer pay super into your HOSTPLUS account. Don’t leave your super behind.   

Everything in it's place

Online super means everything is right where you want it. Log in to SuperSite to easily manage your account, update your details, see how much super you have and choose how it’s invested. All you need is your member number to get started and login right now. 

Protect today, enjoy tomorrow

You insure your car and your house. But what about your ability to support yourself? Even if you’re young and healthy, if an accident stops you from working, it doesn't take long for your financial situation to start looking grim.More about salary continuance insurance cover. 

Ask us anything about your finances

As a HOSTPLUS member, you have access to licensed financial advice on matters simple or complex.Financial advisers aren’t just for rich people with complicated investments or long-term plans - they can help you with goals like saving for a holiday, reducing debt or budgeting. Getting advice for the first time. 

Aspiring chefs dreams come true

We recently partnered with some of the hospitality industry’s most iconic figures for ‘Cook For Your Career’ – a nationwide cooking competition aimed at supporting the hospitality industry. Like Cook for your Career on Facebook and keep an eye out for when our 2013 competition kicks off to find out how you can vote for our finalists and win your own foodie experience in Melbourne!

Get a grip on your finances

Scott Pape – the Barefoot Investor – is a best-selling author, nationally syndicated columnist for News Limited, hosts his own personal finance show on CNBC and is a regular contributor on radio. Read Scott’s latest articles on the six steps to financial freedom and managing your money in ten minutes. 

Previous Editions

To view previous editions of our MORE Magazine and our Annual Report click here.

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  • Get the lowdown on last night's Federal Budget announcements about super....

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  • It’s not too late to register for the Mother’s Day Classic this Sunday, May 12. Register as part of the HOSTPLUS team and, if you’re in Melbourne or Sydney, come and join us in our marquee for some networking and refreshments after your run or walk. If you can’t participate on the day, you can still make a donation to this remarkable cause. We look forward to seeing you there.

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  • Agfest Field Days, Tasmania is an agricultural festival happening today, tomorrow and Saturday in Carricks, Tasmania. Tastings, crafts, horses, sheep and trucks…get on down!

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  • Our CIO @SamSicilia kicks off @HOSTPLUS National Investment Forum in Hobart 2morrow sharing his insights on investing in infrastructure.

  • Our Chief Investments Officer, Dr. Sam Sicilia, will be on tour for the next few months with “Building a rock solid nation”, where he will share his insights and ideas about how together we can look towards keeping Australia well out of the infrastructure stoneage and build a bright, innovative, prosperous and exciting future for super fund members. His first stop will be in Hobart tomorrow. In the meantime, watch him here with Scott Pape as they answer some typical questions from HOSTPLUS members about investments.

    HOSTPLUS - CIO Sam Sicilia with Scott Pape answers member's questions

  • 2013 Federal budget announcement

    14 May 2013
    The Government announced its focus for the 2013 Federal Budget was on securing a stronger, smarter and fairer future for all Australians. With that in mind there seemed very few surprises in regards to superannuation with many of the initiatives previously announced in April reaffirmed with the addition of a few minor amendments.

  • Mining slowdown hits accommodation

    01 May 2013
    Softening commodity prices and slowing mining investment are likely factors in a sharp fall in demand for short-term accommodation in Australia’s Mining & Resources Hotspots in the December quarter 2012, the latest edition of the TTF-HOSTPLUS National Accommodation Barometer shows.

  • HOSTPLUS ready to ease burden of super reforms for Australian businesses

    22 Apr 2013
    HOSTPLUS today announced approval of its MySuper licence by the financial services regulator APRA.

  • Wanna-be chef takes the gong in Cook for Your Career!

    04 Mar 2013
    Rod Parbery from New South Wales was crowned the winner of the 2013 HOSTPLUS Cook For Your Career challenge at the Grand Finale Cook-off on Saturday 2 March.

  • Catch the next generation of chefs in action at the HOSTPLUS Cook For Your Career cook-off

    24 Feb 2013
    Sneak-a-peak at the next generation of chefs at the HOSTPLUS Cook For Your Career Grand Finale Cook-off during Melbourne Food and Wine Festival ‘Cellar Door and Artisan Market’ on Saturday 2 March 2013.

  • ‘Run only to benefit members’ model delivers better returns over the medium to long term

    21 Feb 2013
    The latest SuperRatings data released today shows that industry super funds have, on average, outperformed retail funds – largely owned by major banks – over three, five, seven and 10 years.

  • This Valentines Day we want to be your one and only...

    13 Feb 2013
    This Valentine’s Day we're playing cupid, helping members and non-members to reunite with their long lost super accounts....

  • NSW & WA go head to head in Cook For Your Career challenge

    11 Feb 2013
    After calling for entries nationally, two quality finalists have been selected to battle it out to win a much sought-after chef apprenticeship in one of Australia’s leading restaurants, thanks to Cook For Your Career.

  • Barometer: cities, beaches, wine regions on the up

    30 Jan 2013
    The latest edition of the TTF-HOSTPLUS National Accommodation Barometer shows continuing strong demand for accommodation in Australia’s capital and major cities with occupancy rates in Darwin at 90.0 per cent in the September quarter 2012.

  • Christmas cheer for members: fee freeze provides a decade of fee certainty

    13 Dec 2012
    HOSTPLUS has extended an existing freeze on fees for a further two years, which will mean that by the end of 2014, member fees at HOSTPLUS will not have changed for an unprecedented 10 years.

  • HOSTPLUS helping build tourism infrastructure

    11 Dec 2012
    HOSTPLUS has won a New South Wales Government bid to deliver Sydney’s new convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct (SICEEP) in Darling Harbour.

  • HOSTPLUS & Arts Centre Melbourne seal five-year partnership

    26 Nov 2012
    Australian industry superannuation fund HOSTPLUS and Australia’s largest performing arts centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, have sealed the deal on a five-year partnership, announced Arts Centre Melbourne President Janet Whiting and HOSTPLUS CEO David Elia today.

  • Got what it takes to Cook For Your Career?

    08 Nov 2012
    Australia’s culinary legends are opening their kitchens to wanna-be chefs. Got what it takes to Cook For Your Career?

  • HOSTPLUS wins Pension of the Year

    29 Oct 2012
    HOSTPLUS was announced as the Pension of the Year winner at the prestigious SuperRatings awards event held in Melbourne last week.

  • Latest HOSTPLUS ad campaign a timely reminder for working Australians

    17 Oct 2012
    HOSTPLUS has launched a new TV commercial (TVC), further enhancing the “Choose Quality” campaign that features notable employers such as fifth-generation restaurateur, Peter Doyle.

  • Here’s the difference between a sponsor and a supporter

    28 Sep 2012
    Nothing else brings out passion and commitment from Australians of all walks of life like footy does. Every week we watch our team do battle in the hope they’ll make it to the MCG on that one day in September. And today there will be millions of Australians watching the game. Like a lot of sponsors, that’s one reason why we like to show our support for the game.

  • An exciting change to our Gold Coast branch

    10 Jul 2012
    From mid-July, the Pacific Fair branch will change from a combined HOSTPLUS/ME Bank branch to a dedicated HOSTPLUS Super Centre.

  • Super tips for tax time

    20 Jun 2012
    Want to know how you can make the most of your super & pay less tax? Take a look at these five top hints & tips for tax time...

  • Changes to our Board of Trustee Directors

    18 Jun 2012
    Former Deputy Prime Minister The Hon Mark Vaile AO & senior property industry executive David Gibson will join the HOSTPLUS Board effective 1 July 2012. At the same time former Directors Bevan Douglas & Neil Randall will step down from their positions on the Board, with Mr Randall remaining as an alternate employer representative Director.

  • Industry super funds continue to outperform retail sector

    25 May 2012
    New data released by research house SuperRatings shows that the industry super fund sector has once again outperformed the retail super sector in the SR 50 Balanced Option over one, five, seven and ten year periods to 30 April 2012.

  • Budget update

    08 May 2012
    Treasurer Wayne Swan presented his fifth consecutive Federal Budget on 8 May 2012. At first glance it seems the government has used a combination of spending cuts and a deferment of others, as well as new revenue-raising tactics to meet its pledge to return the nation’s budget to surplus.

  • Stronger Super Update

    08 May 2012
    Stronger Super was announced by the Government on 21 September 2011 and is one of the most significant reforms to superannuation since the introduction of the compulsory super contributions in 1992. Here you will find an update on all the important changes that are taking place this year.

  • Super fund governance in the spotlight

    08 May 2012

  • Super contributions to appear on payslips

    08 May 2012
    From 1 July 2013, the Government is introducing a new requirement obliging employers to report, on employee payslips, the amount of superannuation contributions, as well as the date on which the employer actually pays them; that is, the date on which the employer transmitted the contribution to the super fund.

  • Super changes to 12%

    08 May 2012
    The Australian retirement savings system has become the envy of most economies around the world and the long-term impact on our national savings has been incredibly positive. However, at HOSTPLUS we recognise that, particularly in the service industries of hospitality and tourism that we represent, any change in employment costs to business can have a significant impact.

  • What’s unpaid super?

    22 Apr 2012
    Recent media attention regarding unpaid superannuation highlights the responsibilities that apply to employers in making payments on behalf of their employees. In a situation of unpaid super, the money has not been received by the employee’s nominated super fund, although the employer is obligated to pay it on their behalf.

  • Employer Super Payments: how do they work?

    20 Apr 2012
    At HOSTPLUS, we fundamentally support the additional contribution to super of up to 12% by employers.

  • Financial standard launches the SelectingSuper Ipad App

    26 Mar 2012
    Leading financial services newspaper, Financial Standard, today announced the launch of the SelectingSuper iPad® app, the first time superannuation funds and their members can read comprehensive educational information and research about their super through the iPad.

  • Judges verdict: Two winners will Cook for their Careers!

    19 Mar 2012
    Budding chefs Michael Frenkiel and Ryan Grant have both been declared Cook For Your Career competition winners, following a nail-biting public cook-off where the judges determined that the Grand Finalists produced such outstanding dishes that both were declared the winners.

  • Cook for Your Career Grand Finale pits QLD against VIC!

    14 Mar 2012
    Two budding chefs – Ryan Grant (QLD) and Michael Frenkiel (VIC) – have been named Grand Finalists of this year’s Cook For Your Career competition.

  • Super Update

    23 Jan 2012
    Super legislative updates as seen in the Autumn MORE magazines.

  • Changes to daily crediting rates

    23 Jan 2012
    HOSTPLUS intends to move from weekly declared net fund earnings to daily declared net fund earnings during 2012.

  • What happened when HOSTPLUS went to Brisbane...

    22 Nov 2011
    We won not just one, but four ASFA Communications Awards, which are provided to super funds in recognition of outstanding marketing and communications.

  • HOSTPLUS extends digital presence through new enhanced website

    21 Nov 2011
    HOSTPLUS announced improved functionality and an enhanced user experience with the launch of its new website, in a major step forward for the Fund’s digital presence.

  • Market Update - 9 August 2011

    09 Aug 2011
    The last few weeks, and in particular recent days, have seen some quite dramatic events and market movements around the world.

  • Balanced option delivers impressive double-digit return

    05 Aug 2011
    We’re delighted to announce that our Balanced investment option has delivered a double-digit return of 10.11% for the financial year ending 30 June 2011.

  • What's Happening With Markets Right Now?

    05 Aug 2011
    There were some significant movements in markets overnight. JANA Investment Advisers have provided the following analysis of this activity.

  • Protecting your account against fraud

    14 Jul 2011
    Recent media attention has focussed on the risk of identity fraud faced by financial institutions and members of Australian Superannuation Funds.

  • HOSTPLUS launches online advice service - Super Adviser

    26 May 2011
    Super Adviser is now available exclusively to HOSTPLUS members, delivering intra-fund advice via a secure and user-friendly online approach. The self-service web tool allows members to access a statement of advice as and when they choose and without the need to actually sit down with a planner.

  • 2011 Budget - super update

    11 May 2011
    As we expected the 2011 Federal budget included only a few changes to superannuation rules. Those that were announced were minor in comparison to the major superannuation reforms seen in previous years. In this update we have included details on the key announcements affecting superannuation benefits and investments.

  • New addition to our Senior Executive Team

    12 Apr 2011
    HOSTPLUS has announced the appointment of Paul Watson as Executive Manager, Member and Consumer Choice.

  • The voting begins! National search for skilled apprentices to work in Australia’s restaurants

    25 Feb 2011
    Six people from across Australia have been announced as state and territory finalists in our national cooking competition 'Cook For Your Career'; an apprenticeship program designed to tackle Australia’s national skills shortage in the restaurant industry and develop new talent by awarding one passionate person a full training apprenticeship in a leading restaurant.

  • Affected by the recent flood events: how HOSTPLUS can help

    11 Jan 2011
    HOSTPLUS is deeply saddened by the recent flooding in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia and also those affected by last year's Victorian bushfires.

  • HOSTPLUS enhances product line to deliver greater return to members

    30 Nov 2010
    HOSTPLUS today announced the launch of three new initiatives designed to deliver innovation and greater benefits for its members.

  • Changes to HOSTPLUS investment options

    28 Oct 2010
    As part of responsible investment practices, HOSTPLUS’ investment manager line up as well as our objectives and strategies, are regularly reviewed to help ensure all possible investment opportunities are fully optimised. As such from time to time changes may occur.

  • HOSTPLUS Launches new 'Choose Quality' Campaign

    27 Oct 2010
    We've launched a unique advertising campaign that illustrates why HOSTPLUS is a quality fund, including a series of three television commercials (TVCs), the first of which went to air Sunday 24th October 2010.
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