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With the HESTA for Mercy super and income stream products closing Saturday 19 April, here’s where you’ll find out more about your HESTA membership, as well as updates on the limited services period.
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Services including online accounts are currently unavailable until Sunday 1 June, while we finish bringing all our members together.
You’ll be able to access your new HESTA online account after the transition.
Services will start to return from Monday 2 June. Following the limited services period, some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests.
Income Stream payments that fall during the transition period will have been paid earlier, on Thursday 10 April.
This includes fortnightly payments that were due on Thursday 24 April and during May 2025, as well as monthly, quarterly, half yearly or yearly payments due on Tuesday 15 April and Thursday 15 May 2025.
For fortnightly payments, the regular fortnightly payment cycle will change to the alternate week from Thursday 15 May 2025.
When we make these changes you will receive an additional one-off payment of half your regular payment amount on Thursday 10 April.
Your regular payments will resume from Tuesday 10 June 2025.
Other changes you need to know about are included in the significant event notices.
They include:
If you have insurance cover, your current insurance benefits will change. Insurance through the HESTA product is provided by AIA Australia, which has different insurance policies with different definitions, terms and conditions compared to the cover you may currently have through the HESTA for Mercy Super product.
See what this means for you in the HESTA for Mercy Super members' significant event notice. For more detail on insurance cover through HESTA, read Insurance options.
Reach out to the HESTA team Monday-Friday 8am-8pm AET – find out how to contact us.
You'll find the forms you need at hesta.com.au/forms from Saturday 19 April. Some new transaction requests will be processed after the transition is complete.
You have more choice about how you receive your regular income stream payments, including to:
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We'll merge those accounts and contact you with more details.
This will give you details of your new HESTA account (and new member number, if you need one).
Thank you for your patience while we complete the transition securely.
Here’s what is and isn't currently available, and other important changes happening at HESTA.
Service | From Tuesday 15 April – Sunday 1 June (unless otherwise noted below) |
From Monday 2 June |
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Online account access |
Unavailable from Monday 14 April 5pm AET. |
Available
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Contact centre |
Available, but after Friday 18 April:
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Available on 1800 813 327 8am-8pm AET Monday-Friday. |
Super contributions |
Contributions received up to Monday 14 April will be allocated to your account as normal. Contributions received after this date will be processed after the limited services period but with an effective date based on the date received. They will appear in your account after they’re processed. Your BPAY® details will change as part of the transition. ® Registered to BPAY Pty Ltd ABN 69 079 137 518 |
Contributions will be applied to your account using the most recent unit price available in the system on the date the contribution is received. You’ll find your new BPAY® details in your new online account.
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Investment switches |
Available (via form only) Any investment switch requests received during this time will be processed after the limited services period, with an effective date of the date received. Note: If you want to request an investment switch during the limited services period, contact us for a copy of the Investment choice application form. |
Available |
Withdrawals, including rollovers out and starting an income stream |
Unavailable Withdrawals including rollovers out will be processed after the limited services period. Apply before Monday 31 March if you want to transfer your super to set up a new income stream account before the limited service period. |
Available Following the limited services period, processing times for some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests received during the limited services period and services return to normal. |
Personal details and beneficiary nomination changes |
Unavailable Any requests received during this time will be processed after the limited services period. Any valid binding death benefit nominations received will be effective from the date the form is signed. Please ensure you use the the Change of member details form, or the Binding death benefit nomination form at hesta.com.au/forms for any changes after Friday 18 April 2025. |
Available |
Insurance cover changes |
Unavailable Any requests received during this time will be processed after the limited services period, and will also be subject to the insurance changes described in this document. Refer to Insurance changes within the significant event notice (pdf) for important information that may impact any changes you intend to make to your insurance cover. |
Available |
Claims: Death, Terminal Illness, Permanent Incapacity, Total and Permanent Disablement and Income Protection |
Unavailable If you have already commenced a claim, we'll try to finalise it as quickly as possible before the limited services period begins. Claims that have been approved before Tuesday 15 April may be paid before the limited services period begins, as long as we have all the details we need to enable payment. If you have made an Income Protection (IP) or Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) claim that is already being assessed by the Insurer on Tuesday 15 April, the Insurer will continue to assess the claim throughout the limited services period. If you are receiving payments from an IP claim, your IP payments from the insurer will continue unchanged (subject to eligibility). All other claim assessments and payments will be actioned after the limited services period. |
Available |
Service | From Tuesday 15 April – Sunday 1 June (unless otherwise noted below) |
From Monday 2 June |
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Regular income stream payments |
Unavailable Income stream payments that fall during the transition period will be paid earlier, on Thursday 10 April. This includes fortnightly payments that were due on Thursday 24 April and during May 2025, as well as monthly, quarterly, half yearly or yearly payments due on Tuesday 15 April and Thursday 15 May 2025. For fortnightly payments, the regular fortnightly payment cycle will change to the alternate week from Thursday 15 May 2025. When we make these changes, you'll receive an additional one-off payment of half your regular payment amount on Thursday 10 April. Your regular payments will resume from Tuesday 10 June 2025 onwards. |
Available |
Online account access |
Unavailable from 5pm AET Monday 14 April. |
Available via the HESTA website.
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Contact centre |
Available, but after Friday 18 April:
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Available |
Lump-sum withdrawals including rollovers out |
Unavailable. Lump-sum withdrawals, including rollovers out, will be processed after the limited services period. |
Available Following the limited services period, processing times for some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests received during the limited services period and services return to normal. |
Investment switches |
Available (via form only). Any investment switch requests received during this time will be processed after the limited services period, with an effective date of the date received. Note: If you want to request an investment switch during the limited services period, contact us for a copy of the Investment choice appplication form. |
Available |
Changes to your personal, payment or banking details |
Unavailable Any requests received during this time will be processed after the limited services period. Any valid binding death benefit nominations received will be effective from the date the form is signed. |
Available |
New income stream accounts |
Unavailable New income stream applications can only be accepted from the HESTA Income Stream Product Disclosure Statement dated 19 April 2025 (available from that date at hesta.com.au/pds). Apply before Monday 31 March 2025 if you want to set up a new income stream account before the limited services period. |
Available |
During the limited services period | After the limited services period |
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You can continue to remit contributions for your employees during the limited services period, which will be processed after the limited services period with an effective date of the date received. As we’re moving all our HESTA for Mercy members across to HESTA products, from Saturday 19 April 2025, you will need to enter the Unique Superannuation Identifier for HESTA Super when you submit your super contribution files. The HESTA Super Unique Superannuation Identifier is HST0100AU. |
Following the limited services period, processing times for some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests received. Members will be able to see your contributions in their account after the limited services period ends.
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Here’s where you’ll find answers to some of the questions you may have about the HESTA for Mercy transfer to HESTA.
HESTA will soon transition all our member account services to GROW Super Ops Pty Ltd (GROW Inc.), who are already managing member services for HESTA for Mercy.
As all our services will be managed by the same provider, from Saturday 19 April 2025 we will close the HESTA for Mercy Super products and bring all our members together under HESTA products.
We will close the HESTA for Mercy Super products and bring all our members together under HESTA from Saturday 19 April 2025.
Members will be notified of the changes from late February 2025 into March with a significant event notice, and we’ll keep them updated on the ‘HESTA for Mercy Super members’ tab of this page.
This is the next step in helping members face the future with confidence, by giving them access to the full range of benefits available to other HESTA members, including expanded online services.
We can make this change because from Saturday 19 April 2025 all our HESTA member services will be managed by the same provider, GROW Inc. (who already manages HESTA for Mercy services).
Having the same member services provider for all members means we can close the HESTA for Mercy Super products and bring all our members together under HESTA.
The transition to HESTA means members will enjoy the full range of benefits available to other HESTA members, including:
Super and Income Stream accounts
Insurance
Online accounts
Payment options
® Registered to BPAY Pty Ltd ABN 69 079 137 518.
From Saturday 19 April, insurance benefits will change for members who currently have insurance cover in HESTA for Mercy.
Insurance through HESTA is provided by AIA Australia, which has different insurance policies with different definitions, terms and conditions compared to the cover through HESTA for Mercy’s Insurer, Zurich. This may change:
Members will receive an estimate of their new insurance cover (if applicable) with the significant event notice.
A planned limited services period will be in place for member account services from Tuesday 15 April until Sunday 1 June while we transfer HESTA for Mercy members to HESTA and transition HESTA’s administration services to GROW Inc.
Services will begin returning from Monday 2 June. Following the limited services period, processing times for some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests received.
While we move all our members across to GROW Inc., some of our normal services will be temporarily unavailable. This is because it takes time to move all our HESTA for Mercy members across to the HESTA products; we need to do this carefully.
From Monday 14 April 5pm AET, members’ online account access will stop until the changes have been completed (they’ll have a new online account with HESTA).
From Tuesday 15 April, we’ll stop processing requests for some transactions until the transition is complete.
Services will begin returning from Monday 2 June. Following the limited services period, processing times for some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests received.
We know a change like this can make things harder for a while, and we’re sorry for any inconvenience it might cause our members. We’re working hard to make the transition as smooth as possible.
Details of the services that will and won’t be available during the limited services period for members are included in the significant event notice. You can get a copy on the ‘HESTA for Mercy Super members’ tab of this page. We’ll keep members updated on the ‘HESTA for Mercy Super members’ tab as our services begin returning to normal.
Yes! We are offering webinars for HESTA for Mercy members to explain the changes in detail and provide an opportunity to ask questions. The webinars will be held on Thursday 20 March at 4:30pm AET and Friday 28 March at 12:30pm AET. Details and links to register are in the 'More questions' section below.
You can continue to remit contributions for your employees via the SuperChoice clearing house or another clearing house during the limited services period, but processing will be slower than usual. Contributions received up to Monday 14 April will be allocated to members’ accounts as normal.
Contributions received after Monday 14 April will be processed after the limited services period, but with an effective date based on the date received.
Following the limited services period, processing times for some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests received during the limited services period and services return to normal.
As we're moving all our HESTA for Mercy members across to HESTA products, from Saturday 19 April you will need to enter the Unique Superannuation Identifier (USI) for HESTA Super when you submit your super contribution files. The HESTA Super USI is HST0100AU.
Processing of contributions will be slower than usual during the limited services period.
Following the limited services period, processing times for some transactions may take longer than usual while we process outstanding requests received during the limited services period and services return to normal.
As we have moved our HESTA for Mercy members across to HESTA products on 19 April 2025, you will need to enter the Unique Superannuation Identifier for HESTA Super when you submit your super contribution files. The HESTA Super Unique Superannuation Identifier is HST0100AU.
You can continue to remit contributions for your employees during the limited services period, which will be processed after the limited services period with an effective date of the date received.
If you have any questions or need support, please contact your HESTA Business Relationship Manager, call us on 1300 368 891, or email information@hestaformercy.com.au
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