Investment returns & crediting rates
Keeping track of your investment returns allows you to project your retirement savings and ensure that you have made the right investment choices.
See below First Super’s crediting rates for 2021/22 and the average crediting rates for prior periods.
Super Fund
| Investment option | 2021/22 Fin. year | Past 2 years % p.a. |
Past 3 years % p.a. |
Past 5 years % p.a. |
Past 10 years % p.a. |
Since inception % p.a. |
Inception date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced (default) | 1.00% | 7.65% | 4.70% | 6.27% | 8.23% | 8.09% | 01/07/1988 |
| Shares Plus | -0.45% | 10.28% | 5.89% | 7.85% | 10.67% | 6.42% | 01/03/2001 |
| Growth | 0.01% | 8.85% | 5.22% | 6.92% | 9.40 | 9.15% | 14/10/2011 |
| Conservative Balanced | 0.23% | 4.90% | 3.09% | 4.58% | 6.40% | 5.37% | 01/07/2008 |
| Cash | 0.29% | 0.36% | 0.69% | 1.28% | 1.99% | 3.56% | 01/03/2001 |
Pension Fund
| Investment option | 2021/22 Fin. year | Past 2 years % p.a. |
Past 3 years % p.a. |
Past 5 years % p.a. |
Past 10 years % p.a. |
Since inception % p.a. |
Inception date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced (default) | 1.13% | 8.41% | 5.11% | 6.60% | 8.88% | 7.30% | 18/03/2005 |
| Shares Plus | -0.20% | 11.61% | 6.75% | 8.52% | 11.54% | 8.22% | 01/07/2005 |
| Growth | 0.43% | 10.20% | 6.11% | 7.85% | N/A | 9.26% | 10/08/2013 |
| Conservative Balanced | 0.45% | 5.64% | 3.64% | 5.22% | 7.20% | 6.07% | 01/07/2008 |
| Cash | 0.35% | 0.45% | 0.83% | 1.49% | 2.32% | 3.32% | 01/07/2005 |
Past investment returns are not a reliable indication of future returns. Crediting rates are the return minus investment costs and taxes and allowing for reserves.
At First Super, we update our investment returns monthly. Here are our latest figures by investment option.
First Super investment RETURNS to 31 OCTOBER 2022
Super Fund
Investment option: Balanced (default)
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.48 | 0.00 | -2.25 | 2.49 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.71 | 0.24 | 0.75 |
Investment option: Shares Plus
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.64 | 0.29 | -3.58 | 3.83 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.17 | 0.54 | -0.66 |
Investment option: Growth
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.12 | 0.18 | -3.00 | 3.24 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.53 | 0.41 | 0.94 |
Investment option: Conservative Balanced
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.69 | 0.12 | -1.34 | 1.67 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.14 | 0.44 | 0.76 |
Investment option: Cash
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.17 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.77 |
Pension Fund
Investment option: Balanced (default)
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.50 | 0.04 | -2.28 | 2.54 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.81 | 0.31 | 1.26 |
Investment option: Shares Plus
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.92 | 0.32 | -3.89 | 4.17 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.52 | 0.60 | 0.66 |
Investment option: Growth
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.40 | 0.17 | -3.27 | 3.54 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.82 | 0.43 | 0.60 |
Investment option: Conservative Balanced
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 |
Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.88 | 0.31 | -1.48 | 1.85 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.54 | 0.67 | 1.27 |
Investment option: Cash
| Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 |
Dec 2022 | YTD | Past 3 mths | Rolling 12 mths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.21 | – | – | |||
| Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Mar 2023 | Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.64 | 0.52 | 0.92 |
Past investment returns are not a reliable indication of future returns. Investment returns are based on the interim crediting rate which is the return minus estimated investment costs and taxes.
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If you would like to know more about the investment returns or have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to call our Member Services Team on 1300 360 988, or email us.
Your super account earns investment income at the Fund’s declared crediting rate. The crediting rate used will depend on the investment option(s) you have selected. More information about crediting rates can be found in the First Super PDS and the First Super Pension PDS. The actual returns are based on the performance of the underlying investments and First Super does not guarantee or promise any specific rate of return.
