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Lifecycle

The Lifecycle+ investment option is focused on growing your balance faster when you are younger and helping to protect your balance as you approach retirement.

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Who is Lifecycle suitable for?

This investment option is designed for members+ who would like to automatically reduce the level of investment risk as they approach retirement by moving them from higher-growth investment options to lower-growth risk investment options as they approach retirement.

+ Not available to Hostplus Pension or Transition to Retirement members or Maritime Contributory Accumulation members who joined before 1 July 2008 and have not waived their Protected Minimum Benefit.

Our target
Asset mix

For details of the target asset allocation and asset class ranges, refer to the pages of underlying options used in Lifecycle option relevant to your age: Growth, Balanced, and Conservative options.

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Accumulation

This table below shows the 12-month net return of the underlying options in Lifecycle option at 30 June each year. The net return is the money the investment has earned, minus investment costs and taxes.1

Life StageInvestment Option20212022202320242025
GROW
(Under 50)
Growth26.00%-4.14%11.22%9.46%12.62%
MAINTAIN
(50-59)
Balanced21.32%1.57%8.00%7.60%10.81%
PROTECT
(60 and over)
Conservative14.19%-2.10%7.49%6.67%9.87%

This table below shows the average net return of the underlying options in Lifecycle option over 3, 5 and 10 years to 30 June 2025.1

Life StageInvestment Option3 Years5 Years10 Years
GROW
(Under 50)
Growth11.08%10.61%9.31%
MAINTAIN
(50-59)
Balanced8.79%9.67%8.32%
PROTECT
(60 and over)
Conservative7.99%7.08%6.38%

1. Administration and other fees also apply. For a full breakdown of fees and costs, see our Investment Guide for your product. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance and should never be the sole factor considered when selecting a superannuation fund.


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