Letter received saying my account has been closed and they would like me back. I have not closed and had consolidated 2 other fund accounts with them at the beginning of the year.
I feel physically ill.
Stolen IP Fees of ~ $3,000, offered $300 in return....still waiting....

Been in Allocated Pension (Balanced) for many years, paying for financial advice that I didn't really need. Now moved to the Fixed Income Plan product which includes billable financial advice (ie: if no advice, no fee). Returns are lower than Australian Super (7% / 12%), but exposure to risk would be lower. Admin performance lets them down.

Very disappointed with high fees and lousy returns. Much information in my view withheld particularly in relation to what was laid bare by Royal Commission.

I was with this super fund for nearly 30 years and came out of it recently with less than impressive funds. I have since rolled the sum into another fund associated with a new job so hopefully things might build. You expect ups and downs with the markets etc but you rely on the fund manager (with experienced finance people) to make the appropriate investment choices and changes continuously over time for the strategy they have recommended for your age etc. One of the most frustrating and I think wrong actions is when superfunds automatically ta...

As superannuation is confusing to even the most academic person, the laws do change every financial year. My experience with dealing with First State Super has been really efficient. I found the website and online account option really helpful and user friendly. Each superannuation company will vary from another though. It is worthwhile to take the time to research the site to find the answers you are looking for,

With telephone calls with First State, the staff have always been very kind and professional. And unlike others, they do ask...

Still in my email inbox sits the email of 10 September 2018 stating that I should disregard all previous mentions of my 2017-18 annual statement and that it would be ready shortly. Nothing has happened. Every two weeks I ring the 1800 number to a call centre which seems to be fielding queries from all sorts of funds, each time to be told it will be ready shortly. Anyone joining this fund nowadays must be nuts!!! Warn your heirs and successors, fellow retirees. It was good as State Super Financial Services, seems shonkier by the week ever since as we are merged and acquired and are told the new logo/service/location/login/website are all "exciting".

I deposited a rather large personal contribution after confirming with FSS that the amount will be allocated to the super account on a particular date. The amount did not arrive on the date they promised and that resulted in a loss of $2300 to us. FSS repeatedly refused to honour their promise that led us to deposit the money in the first place and told us to screw off. We told them we had 25 week old premature twins that need attention after having lost a child before that and no empathy at all. Clear cut intention of rip off and stealing. Fin...

I have been with FSS for over 10 years and found them good, but loging into my account is impossible. When you log in on your site a message comes up saying Um.. This isn't super. Please help.

If you like to waste your money and your time this is the answer ( First state super).I have been with them for 3 years now, horrible experience with their service team, sneaky and nasty and refused to pay my money back. Best thing they do is ignoring you enquiries and they are masters in deception. I will get heart attack soon because of them.

I have exactly the same experience. FSS created a duplicate account in my married name when I got married. They did so without my consent and without any documentation. I have been unable to combine the accounts over 14 years while they have merrily charged me double fees. Every time I have tried there has been a problem. I am currently trying to do it again and transfer the balance elsewhere. They tell me they will not consider the refund of fees if I close the account. I have been trying to do so for over 1 month. Despite giving them m...

Can't understand all the negative feedback around customer service. I have always found FSS representatives to be courteous and prompt. No complaints over the past 10 years what so ever.

Ive had FSS for several decades as a legacy of what was forced on me for government work.

Since 2012 I have been in a horrible cycle of enquires attempts with a 2 week turn around to get a standard form letter automatically generated eMail back all of which list all these things available to me if I only ask, and ignoring that yes I have actually asked can you please answer. Lots and lots of long winded information, nothing informative!!!

This has ranged from trying to nominate beneficiaries that they reject. Ive also been trying to fin...

Hi have a FSS fund due to working as a police officer, I have made a claim for TPD as per the insurance offered via FSS, I have been told even though they took money out of my fund for coverage, that TAL life claim I am not covered by them, and MetLife claim I am not covered by them, the two insurers involved with FSS. FSS claimed they were going to sort it out within 6-8 weeks or the matter goes to tribunal. It has been over three months, the case manager [name removed] doesn't respond to emails, and I haven't heard anything from FSS. So where...

I have ben drawing an allocated pension from SSFS/Stateplus since 2007. Since the change I find that the returns are poorer and the fees are fairly high. 1.4% on their balanced fund. Higher returns mask high fees and perhaps justify the fees if the higher returns can be maintained.

Looking at my situation I draw an allocated pension of about $1900/month and on my balance of about $440000 attract fees in the order $6000/ annum or $513/month. Therefore it is costing me $500/month to pay me $1900/month with my own money. Good value for money? I...

I had absolutely horrible and the same experience with other recent reviewers. I was trying to roll over my super fund out of First Super since 2 month ago, but still not able to do so due to my legal name is still not updated with First State Super yet.
At first, I was told to email all my scanned and certified ID + Request Form for name change which I did. But then that was it, no feedback or follow up, only auto response email saying they have received it.
Then, I called them to chase up the process. I was told all ID documents need to b...

They had my other beneficiary name incorrectly spelt on my profile. When I inquired about it the lady whom I spoke with she insisted that's how i wrote it on my form. I told her I have checked that and that beneficiary is my daughter how in the world I will spell her name incorrectly because I named her. So she asked me to mail another form which i did immediately and mailed to them it has been 4 mos now since I mailed my form to them but they haven't updated it!!!! What a shame!!! its only a name change which can be done as easy as 123 but they are so incompetent about it so how we gonna trust them of our hard earned super if that single thing they cannot do it properly!

We were led to believe that this fund was an Industry Fund, which it is not. I have been on an allocated pension for almost 8 years and only recently found out that my free annual meetings were costing me in the vicinity off 5k a year on top of poor returns and high fees. The staff have always been very polite and appear to be helpful,that is until you decide to transfer your funds to a better performing fund. The final straw came when I received a letter in the mail advising me that almost 5k had been refunded to me as I didn't have my annual ...

Difficult to transfer funds out of first state super.
Been an ongoing issue for the last 6 months as there is always some glitch..
Has costed me so far around about $4000 from fees that first state is charging from still having an account with them.
Don't bother sending a response to this first state super offering to help.... This review is in response to your lack of assistance via the various phone and email correspondences ..

We have had a string of problems all related to the back office. Alas it seems that the Canberra Office has little connection with its customers. This is most recently highlighted by the move to the Nishi Building. Who in their right mind would move a business that is suposed to be focuessed around client needs to a location where the parking is limited? The web site suggests 1.3km from bus interchange. Have the forgotten the large number of retired clients? Time to move on.

I am in the process of combining all of my super accounts into a single account. I have had 4 different super providers from different jobs over my working life. All of the other providers it was incredibly easy to transfer into my new account, no fees and done instantly.
First State charge $36 and also force you to provide 100 points of certified identification - Eg copy of passport etc signed by a JP.
I think its terrible service. I didn't need to provide this certified identification to open the account and they are also going to charge me to transfer my own money, despite all of the fees they have already taken. Other Super Annuation companies make it so easy to transfer, I feel like First State intentionally make it hard.