The plus side

How your super is invested has a big impact on how much money you’ll be able to withdraw from it in the future. But if you’re not an expert, choosing the right investments can be tricky, particularly in times of economic crisis, where strong emotions can play a heavy hand in decision-making.

When it comes to your super, successful investing is about balancing risk and return in a way that helps you to achieve your retirement income goal. But finding that balance, for your personal situation at different points in your life, is not easy.

If you don’t take on enough risk when you’re further from retirement, your super won’t have time to grow. However, too much risk at the wrong time, could reduce your hard-earned savings.

Because it’s all too hard many super investors rely on their super fund to look after them and believe their fund is doing more than they actually are. A recent survey of more than 3,000 working Australians revealed more than a third of people think that their fund is managing their super investments based on their personal circumstances. In reality, this isn’t true.

Personalised investments built around you…

We have all seen the advances that technology is making in identifying what we like and what we do. We’ve taken this know-how and applied it to the way we invest your money.

Earlier this year, we successfully launched our new default option – GoalTracker, which automatically invests a member’s super based on what it knows about them.

… but we can do even better

By giving us additional information including your retirement income goal your investment strategy can be further personalised with GoalTracker Plus.

GoalTracker Plus takes the guesswork out of how to invest your super; just set a goal and GoalTracker Plus will optimise your investments to give you the best chance of achieving your goal.

And to ensure it remains appropriate for your circumstances, GoalTracker Plus will automatically review your investments every three months and when necessary will make any adjustments required.

You’ll also receive regular updates showing you how you’re tracking to your goal, how your investments are being managed and other suggestions to get your super on track.