🍽️ Serving Our Industries Hostplus was established in 1987 to provide a dedicated superannuation fund for workers in the hospitality, tourism, recreation, and sport sectors. The fund was created to cater to the unique employment patterns common within these vibrant industries.
📈 A Distinctive Strategy From its headquarters in Melbourne, Hostplus has become one of Australia's largest industry super funds, known for its strong long-term investment performance. A key feature of its approach is a significant and diversified investment in unlisted assets, including infrastructure, property, and private equity.
🤝 For All Australians As a profit-for-member fund, Hostplus is run only for the benefit of its members. While maintaining its strong industry heritage, the fund is now open to all Australians, with a core mission to deliver dignified retirement outcomes for its large and growing membership.
Assets Under Management
$130 Billion
Total Members
1,800,000 Members
ESG Options
Ethical Options
Est. Annual Fee
$628 on $50k
Hostplus's default Balanced (MySuper) option targets a 76/24 growth-to-defensive asset allocation. The portfolio is diversified across Australian and international shares, property, infrastructure, private equity, credit, alternatives, bonds and cash. A notable feature is the fund's significant weighting to unlisted assets including infrastructure and private equity, which aims to deliver stronger risk-adjusted returns over the long term.
At an estimated $628 per year on a $50,000 balance, Hostplus sits well above the industry median of $467. While the fund's administration fee is notably low at $78 per year, the higher total cost is driven by investment management fees of 1.07% per annum on the Balanced option. These reflect the cost of actively managing a diversified portfolio with significant unlisted asset exposure.
Hostplus suits members in the hospitality, tourism, recreation and sport industries, as well as any Australian looking for a fund with strong long-term performance and a wide range of investment options. It is particularly well-suited for members comfortable with higher investment fees in exchange for access to unlisted assets and the Choiceplus direct investment platform.
Default Option as at 30 June 2025
| Option Name ↑ | 1 Year ↕️ | 3 Year ↕️ | 5 Year ↕️ | 10 Year ↕️ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Shares | +7.77% | +8.12% | +7.96% | +9.42% |
| Australian Shares - Indexed | +11.24% | +9.47% | N/A | N/A |
| Balanced | +8.86% | +8.18% | +7.55% | +8.64% |
| Bonds | +2.27% | +2.84% | +0.55% | +1.97% |
| Bonds - Indexed | +2.03% | +2.53% | N/A | N/A |
| Cash | +3.84% | +4.12% | +2.91% | +2.07% |
| Conservative | +7.63% | +7.16% | +5.81% | +6.62% |
| Defensive | +4.49% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Growth | +9.53% | +9.55% | +7.74% | +9.67% |
| High Growth | +9.81% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Indexed Balanced | +10.00% | +10.22% | +7.81% | +8.33% |
| Indexed Conservative | +7.97% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Indexed Defensive | +4.72% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Indexed Growth | +11.04% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Indexed High Growth | +11.29% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Indexed Stable | +6.26% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| International Shares | +12.29% | +13.54% | +7.52% | +11.01% |
| International Shares - Indexed | +7.26% | +14.59% | +11.63% | N/A |
| SRI - Balanced | +8.62% | +7.22% | N/A | N/A |
| SRI - Defensive | +4.18% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SRI - High Growth | +9.37% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Stable | +5.88% | +5.57% | +4.54% | +4.77% |
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