Skip to main content
Hostplus logo
Hostplus Pty Ltd Program
  • Members
  • Employers
  • Advisers
  • SMSF Investors
Contact us
Search
  • Our company
  • Careers
  • Member Online

    Enter your Member Number and Password to access your account anytime.

  • Pension Online

    Log in to manage your Pension account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • QuickSuper

    Pay your employees super contributions across multiple super funds.

  • Self-Managed Invest (SMI) for SMSF

    Enter your Username and Password to access your account and start managing your investments.

Manage your super on the go with the Hostplus Members app

Learn more
  • Member Join

    Everyone is welcome to join us as a member of our personal super plans.

  • Pension Join

    Starting a Hostplus Pension or joining Hostplus if you’re not already a member is easy.

  • Employer Join

    No fees. Easy payments. Become a registered Hostplus employer in less than 10 minutes.

  • SMI Join

    It only takes a few minutes to register to invest with Hostplus Self-Managed Invest.

search mobile

Hostplus for Members

Hostplus for Employers

Hostplus for Advisers

Hostplus for SMSF Investors
Contact us

Our products and services

  • Super

  • Why choose Hostplus?
  • Compare Hostplus
  • Our fees and costs
  • Your future, your super
  • Salarylink
  • Maritime Super merger
  • Your investment options

  • Compare investment options
  • Choiceplus direct investment option
  • How we invest
  • Our investment performance
  • Investment returns
  • MySuper dashboard
  • Investment holdings
  • Insurance

  • Death and total & permanent disablement
  • Income protection insurance
  • Personal super insurance
  • Parental leave premium waiver
  • Specific life events insurance
  • 360Health
  • Important changes to your insurance in super
  • Tools and resources
  • Important information about insurance at Hostplus
  • Financial planning and advice

  • Financial advice options
  • SuperSmart learning and advice
  • Retirement planning
  • Meet our trusted financial advisers
  • Book an appointment
  • Live webinars
  • Aged care services

We now help members invest in their health.

In partnership with our insurer MetLife, we're pleased to offer 360Health to all Hostplus members and their families.*  It's a way to connect to a range of virtual health and wellbeing services at no extra cost.

Check out 360Health

*The term ‘family/families’ consists of a Hostplus member’s children, partner, parents, and parents in-law.

Learning Hub

  • Learning Hub
  • Educational videos
  • Super basics
  • Retirement learning hub
  • Know your investments
  • Investment case studies
  • Live webinars
  • Recorded Webinars
  • SuperSmart learning and advice
  • Women and super
Icon depicting a shield

Protecting Your Retirement: The Warning Signs of High-Risk Schemes

Following the collapse of the First Guardian/ Shield schemes, Hostplus is urging members to familiarise themselves with the red flags to look out for when making decisions about your super. These include cold calling, pressure tactics, and exaggerated promises about high returns.

Read now

Manage your super

  • Grow and manage your super

  • First Home Super Saver Scheme
  • Consolidate your super
  • Voluntary contributions
  • Find your lost super
  • Life changes

  • Changing jobs
  • Starting a family
  • Access your super early
  • Leaving Australia
  • Thinking about retirement
  • Nominate a beneficiary
  • Manage your insurance

  • Transfer your insurance cover
  • Making a claim
  • Manage your pension
  • Tools to manage your super
  • Forms and resources
  • 360Health
  • Security and scams protection
Canstar: 2018 - 2015 Outstanding Value Superannuation

Hostplus Outstanding Value Super

8 years in a row

We’re proud to have won Canstar’s Outstanding Value Super Award for the eighth year in a row. The award recognises our strong long-term performance, competitive fees and an array of product features. 

Find out more

Retirement

  • Retirement

  • Why retire with Hostplus?
  • Epic Retirement Tick
  • Retirement Bonus
  • Plan and prepare for retirement

  • Access your super
  • How much super do you need?
  • Age pension and super
  • Aged care services
  • Retirement income

  • Open a retirement account
  • Pension account
  • Pension investment options
  • Transition to retirement account
  • TTR investment options
  • Choiceplus direct investment option
  • CPIplus
  • Forms and resources

  • Retirement calculator
  • Retirement learning hub
  • Webinars
  • Retirement income strategy

Retirement ready. Tick.

The Epic Retirement Tick is a new recognition from Chant West for super funds that meet a high standard across key retirement criteria. 

Hostplus is proud to be among the first of only six funds to earn the Tick - helping members feel confident about their retirement today and into the future.

Learn more

Forms and resources

  • Forms and resources
  • Retirement calculator
  • SuperSmart learning and advice
  • Supporting our members
  • First Nations peoples and Hostplus
  • 360Health
  • Security and scams protection
  • Other languages

Reminder: EOFY Claiming a tax deduction on a prior year

To claim a tax deduction for a personal contribution made last financial year, Hostplus must receive your Notice of Intent to Claim a Tax deduction by 30 June this financial year.
Submit online via Member Online for immediate receipt. Please allow extra time if posting.

Log in to Member Online
  • Member Online

    Enter your Member Number and Password to access your account anytime.

  • Pension Online

    Log in to manage your Pension account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • QuickSuper

    Pay your employees super contributions across multiple super funds.

  • Self-Managed Invest (SMI) for SMSF

    Enter your Username and Password to access your account and start managing your investments.

Manage your super on the go with the Hostplus Members app

Learn more
Download the Hostplus App
  • Member Join

    Everyone is welcome to join us as a member of our personal super plans.

  • Pension Join

    Starting a Hostplus Pension or joining Hostplus if you’re not already a member is easy.

  • Employer Join

    No fees. Easy payments. Become a registered Hostplus employer in less than 10 minutes.

  • SMI Join

    It only takes a few minutes to register to invest with Hostplus Self-Managed Invest.

Why choose Hostplus

  • Why choose Hostplus

  • Make Hostplus your default fund
  • Super for employers
  • Super for franchises
  • Super for small businesses
  • Super for self-employed and sole traders
  • Super for accountants and bookkeepers
  • Meet the Employer Support Team
Canstar: 2018 - 2015 Outstanding Value Superannuation

Hostplus Outstanding Value Super

8 years in a row

We’re proud to have won Canstar’s Outstanding Value Super Award for the eighth year in a row. The award recognises our strong long-term performance, competitive fees and an array of product features. 

Find out more

Your responsibilities

  • Your responsibilities

  • Understanding Your Future, Your Super
  • Payday super
Canstar: 2018 - 2015 Outstanding Value Superannuation

Hostplus Outstanding Value Super

8 years in a row

We’re proud to have won Canstar’s Outstanding Value Super Award for the eighth year in a row. The award recognises our strong long-term performance, competitive fees and an array of product features. 

Find out more

How to make payments

  • How to make payments

  • Register for QuickSuper

Tools and resources

  • Tools and resources

  • FAQs

News and Insights

  • Member Online

    Enter your Member Number and Password to access your account anytime.

  • Pension Online

    Log in to manage your Pension account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • QuickSuper

    Pay your employees super contributions across multiple super funds.

  • Self-Managed Invest (SMI) for SMSF

    Enter your Username and Password to access your account and start managing your investments.

Manage your super on the go with the Hostplus Members app

Learn more
Download the Hostplus App
  • Member Join

    Everyone is welcome to join us as a member of our personal super plans.

  • Pension Join

    Starting a Hostplus Pension or joining Hostplus if you’re not already a member is easy.

  • Employer Join

    No fees. Easy payments. Become a registered Hostplus employer in less than 10 minutes.

  • SMI Join

    It only takes a few minutes to register to invest with Hostplus Self-Managed Invest.

Why Hostplus

  • Why Hostplus

  • Register with Hostplus
CPI + 2.5%

Retired and looking for more certainty over your returns?

Introducing CPIplus, a Pension investment option that aims to deliver a consistent and predetermined return above inflation each year.

Learn more

Not available for Transition to Retirement Pensions. Though returns above inflation are predetermined annually, Hostplus can shorten the return period. Hostplus may also adjust the rate of return with at least 30 days’ notice.

Product and fee information for advisers

  • Product and fee information for advisers

  • Retirement
  • Self-Managed Invest (SMI)
  • Insurance
  • Pricing and performance
  • Lonsec ratings | Hostplus investment options recognised by experts
CPI + 2.5%

Retired and looking for more certainty over your returns?

Introducing CPIplus, a Pension investment option that aims to deliver a consistent and predetermined return above inflation each year.

Learn more

Not available for Transition to Retirement Pensions. Though returns above inflation are predetermined annually, Hostplus can shorten the return period. Hostplus may also adjust the rate of return with at least 30 days’ notice.

Tools and resources

  • Tools and resources

  • Information for advisers
  • Adviser support
  • Adviser webinars
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Adviser Online Tech Support

News and insights

  • News and insights
  • Log into Adviser Online

    Your access to authorised member, adviser details and resources

  • Create SMI client applications

    Create and manage SMI applications for your clients

  • Manage existing SMI clients

    View and transact on your clients’ SMI accounts

Download the Hostplus App
  • Adviser Online

    Register as an adviser for Hostplus.

  • SMI Adviser Portal

    Register as an adviser for Hostplus SMI.

Investment options

  • Investment options

Pricing and performance

  • Pricing and performance

News, resources & insights

  • News, resources & insights
  • FAQs
  • SMI enquiries
  • Is an SMSF right for you?
  • Member Online

    Enter your Member Number and Password to access your account anytime.

  • Pension Online

    Log in to manage your Pension account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • QuickSuper

    Pay your employees super contributions across multiple super funds.

  • Self-Managed Invest (SMI) for SMSF

    Enter your Username and Password to access your account and start managing your investments.

Manage your super on the go with the Hostplus Members app

Learn more
Download the Hostplus App
  • Member Join

    Everyone is welcome to join us as a member of our personal super plans.

  • Pension Join

    Starting a Hostplus Pension or joining Hostplus if you’re not already a member is easy.

  • Employer Join

    No fees. Easy payments. Become a registered Hostplus employer in less than 10 minutes.

  • SMI Join

    It only takes a few minutes to register to invest with Hostplus Self-Managed Invest.

Our company

Careers

  • Member Online

    Enter your Member Number and Password to access your account anytime.

  • Pension Online

    Log in to manage your Pension account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • QuickSuper

    Pay your employees super contributions across multiple super funds.

  • Self-Managed Invest (SMI) for SMSF

    Enter your Username and Password to access your account and start managing your investments.

Manage your super on the go with the Hostplus Members app

Learn more
Download the Hostplus App
  • Member Join

    Everyone is welcome to join us as a member of our personal super plans.

  • Pension Join

    Starting a Hostplus Pension or joining Hostplus if you’re not already a member is easy.

  • Employer Join

    No fees. Easy payments. Become a registered Hostplus employer in less than 10 minutes.

  • SMI Join

    It only takes a few minutes to register to invest with Hostplus Self-Managed Invest.

  • Member Online

    Enter your Member Number and Password to access your account anytime.

  • Pension Online

    Log in to manage your Pension account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • QuickSuper

    Pay your employees super contributions across multiple super funds.

  • Self-Managed Invest (SMI) for SMSF

    Enter your Username and Password to access your account and start managing your investments.

Manage your super on the go with the Hostplus Members app

Learn more
Download the Hostplus App
  • Member Join

    Everyone is welcome to join us as a member of our personal super plans.

  • Pension Join

    Starting a Hostplus Pension or joining Hostplus if you’re not already a member is easy.

  • Employer Join

    No fees. Easy payments. Become a registered Hostplus employer in less than 10 minutes.

  • SMI Join

    It only takes a few minutes to register to invest with Hostplus Self-Managed Invest.

Login
Join
  1. Manage your Superannuation with Hostplus
  2. About us
  3. Legals
  4. Design and Distribution Obligations

Design and distribution
obligations 
(DDO)

DDO reporting form

View the Target Market Determinations for the following Hostplus products:

Superannuation and Personal Plan
pdf (1 MB)
Executive
pdf (1018 KB)
Pension
pdf (956 KB)
Self-Managed Invest
pdf (905 KB)

View the Target Market Determinations for the following Maritime products:

Maritime Accumulation Advantage
pdf (2 MB)
Maritime Stevedores Accumulation
pdf (2 MB)
Maritime Contributory Accumulation
pdf (2 MB)
Maritime Employer Accumulation
pdf (2 MB)

DDO requires issuers and distributors of financial products to have a customer-centric approach in designing and distributing its products, with the aim of helping customers to obtain financial products that are appropriate for their objectives, financial situation and needs. The obligations apply to a broad number of financial products including (but not limited to) various Superannuation, Pension and Self-Managed Invest products offered by Hostplus.

A Target Market Determination (TMD) describes the target market for a financial product, explains any distribution conditions and restrictions on the distribution of the product and establishes the reporting requirements for the distributors of the product. Hostplus publishes a series of TMDs covering the products we offer to members, outlining the product’s target market and purpose.

Issuers and distributors of financial products must comply with the design and distribution obligations in Pt 7.8A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act) from 5 October 2021. 

The design and distribution obligations are intended to help consumers obtain appropriate financial products by requiring issuers and distributors to have a consumer-centric approach to the design and distribution of products. 

In particular, issuers must design financial products that are likely to be consistent with the likely objectives, financial situation and needs of the consumers for whom they are intended.

Distributors and DDO

A distributor is a regulated person who issues or sells a product, as an AFS licensee or their authorised representative. 

Note that employers are not considered to be a distributor for the purpose of complying with distributor reporting requirements. 

A distributor is expected to understand the requirements we establish in the TMDs for our products. This means a distributor will need to:

  • understand the target market defined in our TMD and take reasonable steps to ensure the product is distributed in accordance with the TMD
  • understand and adhere to any distribution conditions established in the TMD
  • provide information as specified in the TMD, at the required frequency and in the required form (using the form below or the nominated email address)
  • keep accurate records of the reasonable steps taken and any information provided to us
  • provide us any additional details or information that we require to comply with our obligation under the applicable law
  • report to us where you believe a significant dealing which is inconsistent with the product’s TMD has occurred.

Distributors of Hostplus products are required to report specific matters, such as complaints, distribution outside the TMD (unless it is based on personal advice) and significant dealings. If you need any assistance with the reporting, please email your enquiry to ddoreporting@hostplus.com.au.

Complaints

A complaint is an expression of dissatisfaction made to us by an account holder (or someone legitimately representing their interests), related to our products or services where a response or resolution is explicitly or implicitly expected or legally required. Distributors should refer to ASIC’s guidance on complaints (Regulatory Guide 271 Internal Dispute Resolution) for further information.

The DDO obligations require external distributors of our products to report to us the volume and details of any complaints they have received about the design or distribution of our products covered by our TMDs.

General product & performance feedback 

Distributors should report all general feedback about the product and its performance. 

Distribution of product outside of TMD

Distributors should report all distribution outside of the target market that was not based on personal advice. This should include an explanation as to why the distribution is outside the target market.

Significant dealings

A significant dealing report is intended to capture material or significant distribution of a product outside of its TMD.

Whether or not a dealing is significant will depend on a variety of circumstances, including (but not limited to): 

  • the scale of distribution outside the target market,  
  • the risk (or potential risk) of harm, financial loss, or detriment to those consumers from such distribution, and 
  • the nature and extent of inconsistency of distribution to the target market determination. 

‘Significant’ is not defined by the Corporations Act. Each distributor will need to make an individual assessment in the circumstances of each case to determine when a dealing (or dealings) outside of a target market is significant, and this must be reported to Hostplus immediately. 

Distributors are requested to use the DDO reporting form below to report to Hostplus any information requested by Hostplus in its TMDs and referred to above.

If, for any reason you are unable to report to Hostplus via the above form, you can submit your DDO report to Hostplus via email to ddoreporting@hostplus.com.au.

Any DDO report submitted to Hostplus via email should include the following information:

  • business name of the distributor
  • ABN of the distributor
  • contact name
  • contact phone number
  • contact email address
  • AFS licence name
  • AFS licence number
  • the name of the product that the report relates to 
  • all DDO related reporting details set out and requested in the relevant TMD.


If you need any assistance with the reporting, please email your enquiry to ddoreporting@hostplus.com.au.

DDO reporting form

Information is collected in accordance with the Hostplus privacy policy. The Hostplus privacy policy is available on the Hostplus website at hostplus.com.au/privacy or by calling us on 1300 467 875. The privacy policy explains how we handle personal information, how members can access and/or seek correction of their your personal information and how members can make a complaint about a breach of privacy.

Need help?

Contact us via phone, chat or email

  • About us
  • Careers
  • News
  • Feedback
  • Forms and resources
  • Other languages
  • FAQs
A future full
Of positivity
That’s a plus

© 2026 Hostplus. All rights reserved.

Hostplus won awards
  • Privacy
  • Disclaimer
  • Financial Services Guide
  • Transparency Information
  • Design and Distribution Obligations

This website is provided by Host-Plus Pty Limited ABN 79 008 634 704, AFSL 244392 as trustee of the Hostplus Superannuation Fund ABN 68 657 495 890 and the Hostplus Pooled Superannuation Trust ABN 13 140 019 340.  This website contains general information only. We have not taken into consideration any of your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider your own financial situation and read the relevant Hostplus Product Disclosure Statement or Hostplus Self-Managed Invest PDS and Target Market Determination before making a decision about the products on this website.  Hostplus has engaged Industry Fund Services Limited ABN 54 007 016 195, AFSL 232514 and MUFG Retire360 Pty Limited ABN 36 105 811 836, AFSL 258145 to provide advice services to members. Refer to the Financial Services Guide for details. Awards and ratings are only one factor to consider when choosing a super fund. Read more information about our awards and ratings. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. You can view detailed disclaimers here. 

Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. 

The Zenith CW Pty Ltd ABN 20 639 121 403 AFSL 226872/AFS Rep No. 1280401 (Chant West) Epic Retirement Tick issued October 2025 is solely a statement of opinion and not a recommendation in relation to making any investment decisions. The Tick is current for 12 months and subject to change at any time without notice. Ticks from previous years are for historical purposes only. Liability is not accepted, whether direct or indirect, from use of the Tick. Full details on the Tick at www.chantwest.com.au/solutions/epic-retirement-tick