Investment basics: What you need to know

A new year is always a good time to review the investment choices you have made for your super and make adjustments if necessary, but what exactly should you think about? In the latest edition of your member newsletter Insight, we get back to the basics of investing so you can make better-informed investment choices in the 2020s.

This edition also provides your regular quarterly investment update, this time to 31 December 2019, and summary of the investment market conditions over the three months to that date.

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Formula 1: APSS Defined Benefits

The main super benefit for APSS employee members is the APSS Defined Benefit. Unlike other super benefits, a defined benefit is determined by a formula rather than the performance of investment markets (and there are no fees), as explained in the June 2018 edition of your member newsletter, Insight.

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Accumulating super

APSS Member Savings accounts, including Spouse and Rollover accounts, are designed to help you accumulate super over time by adding and investing your own super savings. They work a bit like a bank account but with some important differences as explained in the September 2018 issue of your member newsletter, Insight.

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Flexible retirement income

What do you do with your super when you retire? In the December 2018 edition of your member newsletter Insight, we look at how APSS Pension accounts can turn your super into a flexible retirement income stream, and consider how much retirement income you might actually need. 

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