Fact sheet and form

Choosing a style of super that suits you

Deciding between the Defined Benefit Division
and Accumulation 2

As a UniSuper member, youre given the opportunity to choose a style of super that suits you.

Within the first 24 months of Defined Benefit Division

(DBD) membership, you have the opportunity to transfer
from the DBD to Accumulation 2. This fact sheet is designed
to help you understand the difference between the two
account types and help you make your decision.
If you dont make a choice, you will stay in the DBD and will
not be able to transfer to Accumulation 2 in the future. Once
you have decided on the style of super thats right for you,
you cannot change your mind. Your decision will continue to
apply throughout the life of your UniSuper membership.
Some other resources available to help you make your
decision are:
an online tutorial with more details about the two
account typesvisit www.unisuper.com.au/choose
the Defined Benefit Division and Accumulation 2
Product Disclosure Statement available at

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www.unisuper.com.au/pds

Overview
With both styles of super youre saving for a total amount to
fund your retirement, but each uses a different method to
arrive at that amount.
Both styles of super allow the same generous contribution
levels (generally 17% from your employer and 7% from you).
The key differences are the way your benefits are calculated,
how much of your super you can choose the investments for,
and the impact of investment market movements on your
super. Heres a quick summary of how they both work.

Defined Benefit Division

If you decide to remain a DBD member, your benefit is
made up of two componentsan accumulation component
and a defined benefit component. If you receive employer
contributions at the rate of 17%, 14% is directed to your
defined benefit component and 3% directed to your
accumulation component. This is subject to certain
conditions.
The defined benefit component is calculated using a
formula set out in the Fund rules. Member and employer
contributions are pooled together and invested as a single
diversified portfolio that includes shares, property, fixed
interest, cash, and other investments. It is then used as
required to pay your benefit. Although its still invested,
market fluctuations are less likely to directly affect your final
benefit, and it is the Fund that bears most of the investment
risk.
One risk of the DBD is that if the pool is insufficient to cover
the DBD obligations, your defined benefit may be reduced.
See the Important note regarding UniSupers DBD on the
next page.
A feature of DBD membership is access to inbuilt benefits.
Provided by UniSuper, inbuilt benefits provide payment in
the event of temporary incapacity, disablement, terminal
medical condition and deathif you satisfy certain criteria.
If you want to know the formulas used to calculate leaving
service and retirement benefits, as well as inbuilt benefits,
refer to the Defined Benefit Division and Accumulation 2
PDS available at www.unisuper.com.au/pds.
Any additional member contributions you make and any
money from other super funds that you roll into UniSuper
will go in to the accumulation component of your account
and you can choose how this component is invested.

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Accumulation 2

Things to consider

Accumulation superannuation is what most people are

familiar with when we talk about super. Its the most
common style of super in Australia, and works in a similar
way to a bank account.

You may find it useful to consider the following:

Do you like the idea that part of your benefit will be
determined by a formula?
How do you feel about uncertainties in investment
performance?
Do you want to choose how all your super is invested?

As an Accumulation 2 member, your final benefit is

influenced by a number of factors including the amount
of contributions made to your account by you and your
employer, your investment choices and the performance of
financial markets.
Because accumulation-style super allows you to choose
how your account is invested, it also means you bear the
investment risk. If the markets perform well, investment
gains are added to your account. However, if markets decline
investment losses are deducted from your account. Before
you choose an investment option, you need to consider
your investment needs and your savings goals. Our website
provides information to help you make an investment
choicevisit www.unisuper.com.au/investments/
investment-choice.
Like DBD members, eligible Accumulation 2 members
currently have access to inbuilt benefits that provide
payment in the event of temporary incapacity, disablement,
terminal medical condition and death. From January 2015,
Accumulation 2 members will have these benefits insured
through our external insurer, TAL Life Limitedif you
satisfy certain criteria. To find out more, you should visit the
My Insurance page at www.unisuper.com.au/insurance/
my-insurance.
In summary, if you are comfortable with investment risk
and you want to choose where your super is invested,
accumulation super gives you the opportunity to reap the
rewards when investment markets are producing good
returns. However, it is important to remember that a decline
in investment markets may impact your account balance,
possibly significantly.
If you have previously been a member of the DBD, you may
not be eligible to elect to transfer to Accumulation 2. The
product disclosure statement details the eligibility criteria
that members re-joining the DBD must satisfy to be able to
elect to transfer to Accumulation 2.

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Once you have answered these questions, you may want to

visit our website for more information and watch our
online tutorial to help you make your decision. Go to

www.unisuper.com.au/choose

If you decide to transfer from the DBD to Accumulation 2,

complete the Transferring from the Defined Benefit Division
to Accumulation 2 form.

Important note regarding UniSupers DBD

The payment of defined benefits is subject to the risks that
the DBD will not have sufficient assets to meet all obligations
to DBD members. In contrast, Accumulation 2 members
experience the direct impact of negative investment returns.
When deciding whether to remain in the DBD or move to
Accumulation 2, you should bear in mind the possibility that
reductions in the current level of defined benefits may be
required.
Defined benefits are supported by a pool of assets into
which your employer contributes and which is automatically
invested by UniSuper in a diversified portfolio of shares,
property, bonds and cash. The DBD is designed on the basis
that, in the long term, the investment returns are expected
to be sufficient for the DBD to provide UniSupers defined
benefits. However, this is not guaranteed, and over short
periods, the funding position may vary with investment
volatility. There is a risk that the defined benefit pool is or
could be insufficient to meet all obligations to DBD members,
in which case your defined benefit may be reduced.

About Clause 34
UniSuper is governed by a document known as the Trust
Deed. In simple terms, the Trust Deed sets out rules and
processes which UniSuper must adhere to. Clause 34 of the
Trust Deed outlines a process for the UniSuper Trusteeits
Board of Directorsto manage the financial position of the
DBD to ensure it can continue to pay member benefits as
they fall due.
Clause 34 does not apply to accumulation-style super, such
as accumulation benefits and Flexi Pensions.

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The process set out in Clause 34 is as follows. Where an

actuarial review determines that the Funds assets may
not be sufficient to cover liabilities, a monitoring period of
at least four years is triggered during which the DBD will
be closely monitored. Over this period, at least two further
actuarial investigations will be conducted to assess the
financial health of the DBD. After the end of this monitoring
period, an assessment will be made about whether the DBD
has or may have insufficient assets to meet its liabilities
according to two objective indicesthe Accrued Benefits
Index (ABI) and the Vested Benefits Index (VBI). If
necessary, the benefits of DBD members may be reduced on a
fair and equitable basis. How any reduction to DBD benefits
might be managed would ultimately depend on the financial
position of the DBD after the end of the monitoring period.

The current situation

As a result of protracted global investment volatility, Clause
34 was invoked in July 2009 (in respect of the December
2008 triennial actuarial investigation). The resulting fouryear monitoring period expired on 31 December 2012.
In relation to this monitoring period, after strong investment
performance during 2012/13, the Board decided not to
reduce members accrued defined benefits as the DBDs
assets are expected to be sufficient to cover all benefits
accrued to date. However, the Board has changed the way
future benefits will accrue from 1 January 2015, by changing
the definition of benefit salary, which is part of the defined
benefit formula that determines your final benefit when you
leave the Fund. Your death, disablement and temporary
incapacity benefits may also be affected by the changes
because they are also calculated using your benefit salary.

Until 1 January 2015, your benefit salary is calculated as the

average of your annual equivalent full-time salaries (indexed
by CPI) over the last three years you have been continuously
employed by a UniSuper employer as a contributing member
(or over the time you have been employed as a contributing
member if less than three years).
From 1 January 2015, your benefit salary will be averaged
over your last five years of employment as a contributing
member and annual equivalent full-time salaries within
the averaging period will generally no longer by indexed (by
CPI) to the date of the benefit calculation.
This change will only apply to benefits you accrue once
the change takes effect from 1 January 2015. Benefits you
have accrued up to that date will continue to be calculated
using the current definition of benefit salary and will not be
affected.
Clause 34 was also invoked in November 2011 (in respect of
the 30 June 2011 actuarial investigation), November 2012
(in respect of the 30 June 2012 actuarial investigation)
and in November 2013 (in respect of the 30 June 2013
monitoring period). Three four year monitoring periods are
therefore currently still running.
At the end of these monitoring periods, which conclude on
30 June 2015, 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2017, reductions to
the level of defined benefits may be required.
If you would like to know more, please visit our website at
www.unisuper.com.au/DBDupdate.

This information is of a general nature only and includes general advice. It has been prepared without taking into account your individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Before making any decision in relation to your UniSuper
membership, you should consider your personal circumstances, the relevant product disclosure statement for your membership category and whether to consult a licensed financial adviser. This information is current as at
1 July 2014 and is based on our understanding of legislation at that date. Information is subject to change. To the extent that this fact sheet contains information which is inconsistent with the UniSuper Trust Deed and Regulations
(together the Trust Deed), the Trust Deed will prevail.
Issued by:

UniSuper Management Pty Ltd ABN 91 006 961 799, AFSL No. 235907 on behalf of UniSuper Limited the trustee of UniSuper, Level 35, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.

Fund:
Trustee:
Date:

UniSuper, ABN 91 385 943 850

UniSuper Limited, ABN 54 006 027 121
1 July 2014
UNIS000F48 0714

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Transferring from the

Defined Benefit Division to Accumulation 2
Complete this form to elect to transfer your UniSuper
membership from the Defined Benefit Division (DBD) to
Accumulation 2.

Important information
You should read the Defined Benefit Division and Accumulation 2
PDS for information about membership and seek advice from a
licensed financial adviser before you make your decision.
The PDS contains detailed information about how long
you have to make a decision about transferring to Accumulation
2. However, as a general rule, if you do not make an election
within 24 months of your date first joined fund (shown on your
welcome letter) you will automatically remain a member of the
DBD. If the form is received after this date it may not be able to be
processed and you will remain in the DBD.
If you wish to remain a member of the DBD you do not need to
make an election.
Once you have made an election to move to Accumulation 2 you
cannot reverse the decision.

Further information
If you need further information:
email enquiry@unisuper.com.au
call us on 1800 331 685, or
visit our website at www.unisuper.com.au

Privacy information
UniSuper recognises the importance of protecting your personal
information and is committed to complying with its privacy law
obligations. For more information on how we collect and manage
your information please refer to the Privacy statement at the end
of this form.

SECTION 1 Member details

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print in CAPITAL LETTERS. Cross where required
UniSuper member number
If you are unsure of your member number, refer to your
welcome letter or call us on 1800 331 685.

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What phone number do you want us to call you on if there is a

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Administrator:

UNISF00094 0314
UniSuper ABN 91 385 943 850
March 2014
UniSuper Limited ABN 54 006 027 121
Level 35, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
UniSuper Management Pty Ltd ABN 91 006 961 799 AFSL 235907

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Is your postal address different from your residential address?

No. Go to Section 2.

Yes. Please provide your postal address below.

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SECTION 2 Member election, declaration and signature

Please read this declaration before you sign and date your
form.
I elect to transfer my UniSuper membership from the Defined

Benefit Division to Accumulation 2.

I declare the information I have given on this form is true and

correct.
I have read and understood the information in the Defined Benefit
Division and Accumulation 2 PDS.
I understand that:
-- my election is irrevocable and I will be unable to return to Defined
Benefit Division membership at a later date.
-- my membership of Accumulation 2 will be effective from the
commencement date of the pay period in which the election was
made.

UniSuper recognises the importance of protecting your personal

information and were committed to complying with our privacy
law obligations.
We collect your personal information to administer your account,
improve our products and services and to provide you with, and
promote, UniSuper membership benefits, services and products.
You consent to our collecting sensitive information about you,
where collecting that information is reasonably necessary for us
to perform one or more of our functions or activities. We usually
collect personal and sensitive information directly from you,
however, it may also be collected from third parties, such as your
employer.
We may also collect this information from you because we are
required or authorised by or under an Australian law or a court/
tribunal order to collect that information.
If you do not provide this information, we may not be able to
administer your account, or provide you with a product or service.
We may disclose your information to any service provider we
engage (for example mail-houses, auditors, insurers, actuaries,
lawyers) to carry out or assist us to provide your membership
benefits, services and products. This includes overseas entities.
Where information is transferred overseas, we will seek to ensure
the recipient of the data has security systems to prevent misuse,
loss or unauthorised disclosure in line with Australian laws and
standards.
Our Privacy Policy contains information about how you may
access any personal information held by us, how to correct your
information and how to make a complaint about a breach of the
Privacy Act. Our Privacy Policy is available from our website at
www.unisuper.com.au or by calling us on 1800 331 685 between
8.30am and 7.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am and
6.30pm Friday (Melbourne time).

-- my converted defined benefit component transferred into

Accumulation 2 and any future contributions received will be
invested as per the future contributions strategy existing for my
accumulation component. This future contributions strategy will
now apply to my Accumulation 2 account. If I have not nominated
a future contributions strategy, then my future contributions
strategy will be the same as the way my current contributions
are invested in my accumulation component. If I do not have an
accumulation component, then any future contributions will be
invested in the Balanced option, the Funds default investment
option.
I consent to my personal information being used in accordance with
UniSupers Privacy Policy.

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