ANZ Smart Choice Super: March 2026

Published on 24 March 2026

ANZ Smart Choice Super 1960s–2000s Lifestage options delivered strong returns over the 3 years to 31 March 2026

Your ANZ Smart Choice Super Lifestage option is based on your decade of birth and is designed to adjust automatically as you move through the different stages of working life.

Performance across ANZ Smart Choice Super Lifestage options was supported by exposure to Australian and global companies.

Large technology businesses, particularly US companies seen as leaders in areas such as artificial intelligence, continued to perform strongly and helped lift returns.

Major Australian companies, including diversified mining businesses, also contributed, supported by firm iron ore prices and exposure to copper and other materials used in the transition to a lower carbon economy.

To help smooth the impact of market ups and downs, Lifestage options are also invested in assets beyond shares. These include infrastructure, property and private companies.

This broad mix means returns are supported by multiple sources, rather than relying on just one area of the market.

Latest investment returns to 31 March 2026

Based on your decade of birth, the table below shows how your Lifestage investment option performed over the 1, 3, 5 and 10-year periods to 31 March 2026.

Investment Option	1 year (%)	3 years (% p.a.)	5 years (% p.a.)	10 years (% p.a.)
1940s	5.72	6.82	4.92	4.65
1950s	7.44	8.09	5.87	5.67
1960s	9.33	9.54	7.15	7.18
1970s	9.52	9.58	7.11	7.76
1980s	9.91	9.98	7.51	8.26
1990s	9.85	9.94	7.50	8.33
2000s	9.75	9.89	7.48	NA

Note: Please note that all returns are calculated after the deduction of investment fees and tax for accumulation members, but do not include account-based fees such as administration fees. Performance returns are annualised for periods greater than one year (p.a. = per annum). NA is shown where an investment option was not in existence at the start of the period. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Understanding the impact of global events on your super

When there’s conflict overseas, it’s natural to wonder what it means for your super. Here’s how recent events can affect the investments markets — and what this can mean for your super over the long term.

Periods of conflict can create short term ups and downs in markets. That’s a normal part of how investing works, especially when headlines are unfolding quickly. Your super is built with this in mind, using a mix of investments designed to support your savings over time.

What’s usually more important in moments like these is avoiding sudden changes based on short term news. Staying focused on your longer term plan can help your super keep working towards your future.

Learn more

Need more information?

You can access your personalised ANZ Smart Choice Super returns by logging into your account and visiting the ‘Investment portfolio’ page via your ANZ Smart Choice Super account.

For those super members who like to control their own asset allocation mix, ANZ Smart Choice Super offers investment options covering the major individual asset classes. For members invested in these options, you can access returns by logging into your account, visiting the ‘Investment portfolio’ page and clicking ‘Compare Performance’ via your ANZ Smart Choice Super account.

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This information has been prepared by OnePath Custodians Pty Limited (ABN 12 008 508 496, AFSL 238346) (OPC) as the issuer of the ANZ Smart Choice Super suite of products, which includes ANZ Smart Choice Super and Pension, ANZ Smart Choice Super for employers and their employees and ANZ Smart Choice Super for QBE Management Services Pty Ltd and their employees. OPC is the trustee of the Retirement Portfolio Service (ABN 61 808 189 263) (RPS) and the ANZ Smart Choice Super suite of products are part of the RPS. OPC is part of the Insignia Financial group of companies comprising Insignia Financial Ltd (ABN 49 100 103 722) and its related bodies corporate (Insignia Financial Group). The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ABN 11 005 357 522) (ANZ) brand is a trademark of ANZ and is used by OPC under licence from ANZ. ANZ and the Insignia Financial Group are not related bodies corporate. ANZ does not stand behind or guarantee these products.

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