Overview
- Hostplus, which outlined its review on Tuesday, is weighing a launch as early as the next financial year if regulators and internal product design teams approve the plan.
- Access would run through Choiceplus, a self-directed option that lets members manage a small slice of their retirement savings and currently accounts for about one percent of the fund’s assets.
- The scope under study extends beyond Bitcoin to other tokenized assets, including potential exposure to music rights, reflecting interest in more diverse digital holdings.
- Recent crypto volatility remains a key hurdle, with AMP Super cutting its Bitcoin futures position to about 0.02% after the early‑2026 sell‑off and reporting little exposure during most of the drop.
- Industry voices say a move by Hostplus could prompt peers to follow as member demand builds, with the fund’s nearly two million mostly younger members seeking more choice under clear consumer safeguards.