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  • Getting started
  • Superannuation
    • Basics of super
      • What type of investor am I?
      • How do asset classes affect super?
      • Steps to choosing a super fund
      • Why is super so important?
      • What about super if I'm self-employed?
      • Do I need insurance?
      • Do I need a financial adviser?
      • Should I manage my own super account?
      • How much super is enough?
      • Super terms explained
    • Super strategies
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    • Superannuation FAQs
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Basics of super

Where do I start?

  • What type of investor am I?
  • How do asset classes affect super?
  • Steps to choosing a super fund

What do I need to know about superannuation?

  • Why is super so important?
  • What about super if I’m self-employed?
  • Do I need insurance? Do I need a financial adviser?
  • Should I manage my own super account?
  • How much super is enough?
  • Super terms explained

Super products

Learn about our range of superannuation products

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Super case studies

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Copyright © 2010 all rights reserved Colonial First State Investments Limited ABN 98 002 348 352, AFS Licence 232468 (Colonial First State) is the issuer of interests in FirstChoice Personal Super, FirstChoice Wholesale Personal Super, FirstChoice Pension, FirstChoice Wholesale Pension and FirstChoice Employer Super from the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust ABN 26 458 298 557 and interests in the Rollover & Superannuation Fund and the Personal Pension Plan from the Colonial First State Rollover & Superannuation Fund ABN 88 854 638 840 and interests in the Colonial First State Pooled Superannuation Trust ABN 51 982 884 624. FirstRate Term Deposits, FirstRate Saver and FirstChoice Margin Lending (made available through Colonial First State’s FirstChoice Investments and FirstChoice Wholesale Investments) are products of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124 AFSL 234945 (CBA), administered by Colonial First State. For FirstChoice Personal Super, FirstChoice Wholesale Personal Super, FirstChoice Employer Super, FirstChoice Pension and FirstChoice Wholesale Pension, FirstRate Saver and FirstRate Term Deposits are held with CBA by the super fund on behalf of those members who take up this option.