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Media contacts


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Please email your media inquiries to media@rest.com.au

Michael Mills

Senior Manager, Communications – Media Relations
Phone: +61 428 499 722


Emma Kerswell

Senior Manager, Communications – Consumer & Content
Phone: +61 498 709 830


Samantha Baden

General Manager, Communications and Community
Phone: +61 408 853 943 


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Fast Facts


  • Rest has more than 1.9 million members.

  • Rest is a profit-to-member superannuation fund, meaning that all profits generated by Rest go back to our members.

  • Approximately 60 per cent of Rest’s members are female, and 50 per cent are aged 30 or younger.

  • Rest manages more than $80 billion of assets globally on behalf of its members.

  • Rest is managed by a board of 9 Trustee directors, including an independent chair, as well as 4 Alternate directors. Our board is made up of both employer and employee representatives from the retail industry, as well as independent experts. For more information on the board please click here

~Figures are approximate as at 31 December 2023.

Spokespeople


For more information on Rest Spokespeople, please click here.



About Rest


Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds by membership. For more than 30 years, Rest has been looking after hardworking Australians and their super. We use our size and expertise to deliver competitive long-term investment performance to around 1.9 million members.

While Rest has been known for its large membership base in the retail industry, Rest’s members are now diverse and span across many industries. As a regulated public offer super fund, membership with our fund is open to any Australian that is eligible to receive superannuation.

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~Figures are approximate as at 30 June 2022.

Annual Report and Additional Supplements


Our annual report is a great starting point for more information on Rest’s latest business initiatives.

For more information on our Responsible Investing initiatives, take a read of our most recent Sustainability, Responsible Investment and Climate Change Supplement.

All previous annual reports and supplements can be found here.   

Public Policy and Advocacy


At Rest, we actively advocate for a fairer super system for all Australians. Read some of our policy submissions below. 

Rest’s Submission in response to the discussion paper on Retirement phase of superannuation, February 2024

Latest update 13/02/2024
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Rest’s Submission on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes package

Latest update 13/12/2023
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Rest’s Submission in response to the Consultation Paper on Sustainable Finance Strategy, November 2023

Latest update 13/12/2023
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Rest’s Submission to the Consultation Paper on Securing Australians’ Superannuation

Latest update 6/11/2023
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Rest’s Submission to the second Consultation Paper on Climate-related financial disclosure, June 2023

Latest update 25/07/2023
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Rest’s Submission to the Consultation Paper on Climate-related financial disclosure

Latest update 9/05/2023
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Rest’s Submission on the Your Future, Your Super, Superannuation Performance Test Draft Regulations

Latest update 9/05/2023
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Rest’s Submission on the Modern Slavery Act Review

Latest update 24/11/2022
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Quality of Advice Review - Issues Paper

Latest update 17/10/2022
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Rest’s Submission to Treasury on the Your Future, Your Super Review

Latest update 17/10/2022
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Rest’s Retirement Income Review Consultation Paper Response

Latest update 1/07/2022
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Rest’s Submission on the Retirement Income Covenant

Latest update 1/07/2022
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Single Default Superannuation Accounts: Stapling versus Auto-rollover

Latest update 1/07/2022
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