CSC wins Smooth Ride Award for consistent investment performance
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) has won the Smooth Ride Award at the 2026 Super Fund of the Year Awards for a second consecutive year, recognising its consistent investment performance and disciplined approach to managing risk.
The Super Fund of the Year Awards are a whole-of-market super fund awards program that recognise excellence across Australia’s superannuation industry. Its Smooth Ride award is presented to a superannuation fund that has delivered strong investment performance across its investment options through fluctuating market conditions.
In a 2025-26 financial year which saw particularly volatile market conditions, CSC’s Aggressive Investment option returned 10.9 per cent, MySuper Balanced returned 10.0 per cent, and Income Focused returned 6.5 per cent. CSC’s investment options also maintained top-quartile rankings for risk-adjusted returns across all periods to 30 June 2026.
Over the past decade, CSC’s MySuper Balanced investment option has avoided almost 20 per cent more market losses than comparable super funds, while capturing 94 percent of market gains, reflecting its focus on delivering consistent risk-adjusted returns for members over the long term.
Damian Hill, Chief Executive Officer of CSC, said the award recognised CSC’s approach to delivering returns while navigating market volatility.
“We’re immensely proud to win the Smooth Ride award for a second consecutive year, a testament to our disciplined approach and skilled investment team. Strong investment performance isn’t just about delivering high returns in any one year. It is about protecting the gains members have made when markets fall, while continuing to grow their savings and helping them build greater financial security in retirement.”
“Our investment approach is built around taking considered risks, diversifying across opportunities and remaining adaptable as market conditions change. This requires looking beyond short-term market movements and making disciplined investment decisions that will stand the test of time.”
The average contributing CSC PSSap and ADF Super member is projected to retire with a balance approximately 35 per cent higher than the savings required for a comfortable retirement, based on estimates from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).
