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Significant event notices

From time to time we need to make changes to our products. If that change affects members, we may consider it a material change or significant event. We use a Significant Event Notice (SEN) to let our members know what is changing and when it changes. Below is a summary of notices issued to members for the previous 2 years.

Material changes include any changes that may impact on your retirement savings, including (but not limited to):

  • increases to fees or charges
  • changes to insurance arrangements or benefits

Depending on the timing of the change and our members' communication preferences, a significant event notice may be communicated to members in a number of ways, including our member newsletter, a letter or an email.

Significant event notices overview

Brighter Super’s recent significant event notices | Optimiser’s recent significant event notices

Brighter Super’s recent significant event notices

Notice date Change Impact of the change Notice to members
23 January 2025 Changes to Brighter Super Income Protection for members employed by CS Energy (Callide Valley)
  • Income Protection cover
 Notice advising members about changes
25 November 2024 Changes to our products for members with a Brighter Super account On 1 January 2025, we are making some changes to our products, including:
  • Lowering our administration fees and fee cap
  • Introduction of Partner linking rebate
  • Changes to the fees and costs of some of our investment options
  • Improving our death benefit claiming process.
Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super products
25 November 2024 Changes to our products for members formerly with an Optimiser account or have left the SESP Corporate Plan On 1 January 2025, we are making some changes to our products, including:
  • Lowering our administration fees and fee cap
  • Introduction of Partner linking rebate
  • Reducing the Insurance Admin fee
  • Changes to the fees and costs of some of our investment options
  • Improving our death benefit claiming process.
 Notice advising former Optimiser accounts about changes to Brighter Super products
25 November 2024 Changes to our products for members in the SESP Corporate Plan (including Norfina) On 1 January 2025, we are making some changes to our products, including:
  • Lowering the fee cap
  • Introduction of Partner linking rebate
  • Changes to the fees and costs of some of our investment options
  • Improving our death benefit claiming process.
Notice advising members in the SESP Corporate Plan (including Norfina) about changes to Brighter Super products
1 November 2024 Changes to Brighter Super Income Protection for members employed by CS Energy (Corporate Enterprise Agreement employees)
  • Income Protection cover

Notice advising members about changes

2 October 2024 Changes to Brighter Super Income Protection for members employed by Stanwell (Tarong Power Station)
  • Income Protection cover

Notice advising members about changes

2 August 2024 Changes to Brighter Super Income Protection for members employed by Energy Queensland (EQL)
  • Income Protection cover.

Notice advising members about changes.
22 April 2024 Changes to our products for members with a Brighter Super account
  • Streamlined investment options.
  • Investment option changes.
  • Investment fee reductions.
  • Greater fee transparency.

Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super products.

Attachment to notice: Important information
22 April 2024 Changes to our products for members with a Brighter Super account invested in our Socially Responsible investment options
  • Streamlined investment options including closure of our socially responsible options.
  • Greater fee transparency.
  • Investment fee reductions.

Notice advising members invested in Socially Responsible investment options about changes to Brighter Super products.

Attachment to notice: Important information

22 November 2023

Changes to the investment fees and costs for our Secure and Socially Responsible investment options

Actual investment fees and costs for our Secure and Socially Responsible investment options for the financial year ending 30 June 2023.

Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super investment fees and costs – for the Secure and Socially Responsible investment options
12 September 2023
 Changes to Brighter Super’s insurance

Changes to our insurance for members employed by local government and associated industries, effective 1 July 2023.

  • Change of group insurer from TAL to Zurich.
  • Reduction of war exclusion within our insurance.
  • Removal of sunset clause.
 Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super insurance – for members employed by local government and associated industries
17 August 2023 Changes to Brighter Super’s products

Changes to the asset allocation and risk profile of some of our diversified investment options on 1 July 2023.

Change to investment option name on 1 July 2023.

Removal of war exclusion terms within our insurance on 1 July 2023 (for former Energy Super account holders only).

Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super products

Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super products – for former Energy Super account holders

Optimiser’s recent significant event notices

Notice date Change Impact of the change Notice to members
22 April 2024  Changes to our products for members with a Brighter Super Optimiser account
  • Optimiser product name to be retired.
  • Streamlined investment options.
  • Investment option name changes.
  • Access to additional options.
  • Investment fee changes.
  • Administration fee and cap changes.
  • Greater fee transparency.

Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super products.

Attachment to notice: Important information
22 April 2024 Changes to our products for members with a Brighter Super Optimiser account and Suncorp Employee Superannuation Plan (SESP)
  • Optimiser product name to be retired.
  • Streamlined investment options.
  • Investment option changes.
  • Access to additional options.
  • Investment fee changes.
  • Administration fee and cap changes.
  • Greater fee transparency. 

Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super products.

Attachment to notice: Important information
 2 February 2024  Reduction to the administration fee cap and insurance premiums for Optimiser accounts.  

Effective 1 July 2023, we reduced the administration fee cap from $5,000 to $2,950 per financial year for all ready-made investment options for Accumulation and Pension accounts.

Effective 1 February, we reduced the insurance premiums for all Optimiser accounts.

  Notice advising members about reductions to Brighter Super Optimiser administration fee cap and insurance premiums.
17 August 2023 Changes to Brighter Super Optimiser's products

Changes to objectives for some of our investment options on 1 June 2023 and 1 July 2023.

Changes to the risk profile for some of our investment options for 1 June 2023 and 1 July 2023.

 Notice advising members about changes to Brighter Super Optimiser products.

Suncorp Super's significant event notice register

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Asteron Life Superannuation's significant event notice register

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