Canstar
Canstar 2025 Outstanding Value Award – Account Based Pension
MLC Masterkey Pension Fundamentals
Why we won
The Canstar Outstanding Value Account Based Pension Awards recognise the providers who have cumulatively performed to an exceedingly high standard across all growth asset allocation profiles.
See criteria here: https://www.canstar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Canstar-2025-Account-Based-Pension-Award-Methodology.pdf
Money magazine
Best of the Best Awards 2026
Best Growth Super Product 2026 – MLC Super Fund
Why we won
Money magazine’s Best of the Best awards have been reviewing superannuation for over 20 years. They look at thousands of products across hundreds of organisations to help Australians find the best-performing and most innovative products, as well as those that deliver the best value-insurance.
Growth sector products are placed by weighted ranking of their performance, taking into account performance over one, three, five and 10 years. The MLC Aggressive option (formerly known as MLC Horizon 7 Accelerated Growth Portfolio) in the MLC Super Fund was awarded the Best Growth Super Product
Why we won
Platinum: A "best value for money" superannuation fund that is well balanced across all key assessment criteria in a robust, secure and proven governance/risk framework. The seven main assessment components are: investments, fees and charges, digital and service, help and guidance, governance, insurance and qualitative overlay.1
Chant West Ratings
Super 2025 – 5 Apples: Highest Quality Fund
MLC MasterKey Business Super
MLC MasterKey Personal Super
Plum Super – Corporate
Plum Super – Personal
Pension 2025 – 5 Apples: Highest Quality Fund
MLC Masterkey Pension Fundamentals
Plum Retirement Income
Why we won
5 Apples: Highest Quality is the highest Chant West rating for a super fund. To earn 5 apples, a super fund must have scored highly across most of our key areas of assessment which include investments, member services, fees, insurance and organisation.2
Rainmaker AAA Quality Rating
2026
AAA Quality Rating
MLC MasterKey Business Super
MLC MasterKey Pension Fundamentals
MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals
Plum Personal Plan
Why we won
A super fund achieve the AAA standard by demonstrating an ability to meet an exceptional standard of quality across a number of different criteria indicators.
These include - Administration, Communications and engagement, Extra services, Fees and charges, Insurance, Investments and Organisational strength.3
The Heron Partnership Quality Star Ratings
2026
5 Heron Quality Stars - 20 Years 2006-2026
MLC MasterKey Business Super
Plum Super
5 Heron Quality Stars – Corporate Products
MLC MasterKey Business Super
Plum Super – Corporate Division
5 Heron Quality Stars – Retail Products
MLC MasterKey Business Super
Plum Super – Personal Division
5 Heron Quality Stars MySuper
MLC MasterKey Business Super
Plum Super – Corporate Division
Top 10 Insurance Features – Corporate Products
MLC MasterKey Business Super
Plum Super – Corporate Division
Top 10 Insurance Features – Retail Products
MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals
Top 10 Investment Features – Corporate Products
MLC MasterKey Business Super
Plum Super – Corporate Division
Top 10 Investment Features – Retail Products
Plum Super – Personal Division
Why we won
The Heron Partnership awards Quality Star Ratings at 5 levels.4
5 Stars – Outstanding: 5 stars rating awarded to a superannuation product with a great depth of features and hence flexibility.
5 Stars – Outstanding: A superannuation product recognised for its depth and flexibility of features in its insurance offerings.5
5 Stars – Outstanding: Favourable weightings were given to key criteria that include the superannuation product’s multi-manager and default options, alternative managers, investment team, transaction costs and performance.5











