Exclusive: A NSW chef who lost his $150,000 retirement fund in the multibillion-dollar super collapse is "hugely relieved" he will have his nest egg returned next week.

Michael "Micki" Donovan, 58, from Bermagui on the NSW South Coast was left without a cent in his super when Shield Master Fund collapsed and went into liquidation.

Macquarie Investment Management Ltd (MIML), a subsidiary of the Macquarie investment bank, this week said 3000 investors like Donovan will have 100 per cent of their money reimbursed by September 30.

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