Prime Super
Types of Prime Super accounts
Prime Super offers three retirement-related products to choose from:
- Corporate super arranged by an employer for their employees to use
- Personal super available for individual employees
- Account-based pension converts superannuation into regular income payments for retirees and workers in the transition to retirement (TTR) stage
There are a lot of benefits available to Prime Super members who have a personal super account, including:
- Competitive investment performance
- Flexible investment options
- Low cost and transparent administration fees
- Insurance in super available for death cover (life insurance), and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover
- Over-the-phone financial advice available
- Easy online account access
- Not-for-profit industry super fund
Eligibility to join Prime Super
To sign up for a superannuation account with Prime Super, you must be able to satisfy the following criteria:
- You must be an Australian resident
- You must be over 18 years of age
- You must be earning at least $450/month before tax from an employer
If you are under the age of 18, but earning more than $450/month before tax, you must be working more than 30 hours per week to qualify for super.
How to join Prime Super
If you satisfy all of the above eligibility criteria, then you can apply to join Prime Super. You can sign up for a Prime Super account by clicking on its products in Canstar’s superannuation comparison tables and then sign up online on its website, or call 1800 675 839 (available Monday to Friday between 8 am and 8 pm AEST).
Be sure to compare super funds on the Canstar website and check our choosing a super fund checklist before signing up for a particular superannuation account: