Member investment choice allows you to choose the investment approach that you are
most comfortable with and that is appropriate for your needs.
Saving and investing through superannuation has been designed to be the foundation
of your financial independence in retirement. As superannuation exists for your
retirement benefit, you may wish to have the opportunity to decide on the style
of how your money is managed. You know better than anyone else what your needs are
now and into the future. As well, you know how many years you want to work until
you retire from the workforce and the level of investment risk that is relevant
to your situation.
All members of CSRF are provided with the opportunity to choose from a range of
10 investment portfolios either on a
Managed or
Build your
own basis. You can choose one or a combination of any of the 10 options
from either group
In the event that you select multiple portfolios, it remains your responsibility
to monitor the percentage of your balance allocated to each option selected. You
should be aware that the initial percentage allocated to each investment choice
option will move over time due to market movements.
The 10 investment options available are as follows:
- Diversified Shares
- Growth
- Balanced
- Socially Responsible Balanced
- Conservative
Managed investment options have the asset allocation selected across multiple asset
classes. The Trustee monitors those asset allocations within the Managed investment
options and rebalances them in accordance with investment policy.
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- Australian Shares
- International Shares
- Diversified Property
- Diversified Fixed Interest
- Cash
Build your own portfolios provide the ability to select from a specific asset class.
These investment options are designed to provide access to members who wish to gain
exposure to either single major asset classes or a combination of specific asset
classes. The Build your own options also provide the ability to select or build
your own asset mix based on these main asset class types.
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The superannuation moneys of all members of CSRF who do not make an investment choice
are initially invested in the
Balanced option, until a switch to
another option is requested.
The investment profiles of each of the options are as follows:
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Diversified Shares
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High risk
High return
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Long
(7+ years)
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100% Growth
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Growth
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High risk
High return
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Long
(7+ years)
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85% Growth
15% Defensive
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Balanced
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Medium to high risk
Medium to high return
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Medium
(5+ years)
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74% Growth
26% Defensive
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Socially Responsible Balanced
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Medium to high risk
Medium to high return
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Medium
(5+ years)
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70% Growth
30% Defensive
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Conservative
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Medium risk
Medium return
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Short to medium
(3+ years)
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32.5% Growth
67.5% Defensive
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Australian Shares
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High risk
High return
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Long (7+ years)
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100% Growth
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International Shares
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High risk
High return
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Long (7+ years)
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100% Growth
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Diversified Property
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Medium to high risk
Medium to high return
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Long (7+ years)
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90% Growth
10% Defensive
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Diversified Fixed Interest
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Medium risk
Medium return
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Short (3+ years)
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100% Defensive
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Cash
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Low risk
Low return
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Short
(1+ years)
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100% Defensive
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Important: Each of the 10 investment options can be expected to
provide different rates of return. There are no guarantees that one option will
perform better than another in the short term.
Economic conditions prevailing at the time will have a bearing as to which option
will perform the better during any one-year period.
The Trustee has selected a number of investment managers to complement the profile
of each of the portfolios. The Trustee reserves the right to add, or terminate an
investment manager. A list of investment managers is provided in each Trustee's
report to members and can also be found in
Investment managers
menu option.
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Diversified Shares
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Members seeking to achieve a higher return over the longer term from capital growth
and can withstand high short-term volatility in investment returns.
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Growth
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Members seeking a long-term investment which has the potential for higher returns
from generally a higher weighting towards shares and are comfortable with high short-term
volatility in investment returns.
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Balanced
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Members seeking an investment style designed to provide reasonably high investment
returns each year with somewhat less short-term volatility in investment returns
than the Diversified Shares and Growth portfolios.
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Socially Responsible Balanced
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Members seeking a socially responsible investment style designed to provide reasonably
high investment returns each year with somewhat less short-term volatility in investment
returns than the Diversified Shares and Growth portfolios.
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Conservative
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Members who are able to withstand some volatility in investment returns including
a negative return in some years, with a view to better longer term returns than
would available from investing exclusively in cash.
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Australian Shares
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Members seeking a long-term investment which has the potential for higher returns
from generally a higher weighting towards shares and are comfortable with high short-term
volatility in investment returns.
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International Shares
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Members seeking a long-term investment which has the potential for higher returns
from generally a higher weighting towards shares and are comfortable with high short-term
volatility in investment returns.
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Diversified Property
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Members seeking an investment style designed to provide reasonably high investment
returns each year with somewhat less short-term volatility in investment returns
than the Diversified Shares and Growth portfolios.
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Diversified Fixed Interest
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Members who are able to stand some volatility in investment returns including a
negative return in some years, with a view to better longer term returns than would
be available from investing exclusively in cash.
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Cash
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Members seeking to maintain the capital value of their investments over any period
of time, while earning an investment return similar to that of a bank bill or cash
management trust.
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Consideration of labour standards, environmental, social and ethical issues
The Trustee offers one investment option that takes into account labour standards
and environmental, social and ethical issues. This option is currently invested
in the AMP Capital Responsible Investment Leaders Balanced Fund. However the Trustee
reserves the right to change investment managers and/or products in future.
In selecting managers, consideration and assessment is made from a financial, social
and environmental perspective. From a social and environmental perspective, AMP
Capital seeks out managers that are identifying leaders across industries, in their
responsible approach to the following issues:
- environmental considerations, including energy and resource use
and product stewardship (for example, where a company takes into account the life
cycle of the product, from manufacture to the extent to which the product can be
recycled)
- social considerations, including indigenous relations and community
involvement
- ethical considerations, including meeting fundamental human rights,
and articulating and implementing a Code of Conduct
- labour standards, including occupational health and safety, international
labour organisation standards, working conditions and the exclusion of child labour
- governance considerations, including meeting corporate governance
guidelines on board structures and remuneration.
Managers are also required to avoid companies operating within sectors with recognised
high negative social impact. This means the underlying funds will avoid exposure,
either directly or indirectly through underlying managers and funds, to companies
with material exposure to the production or manufacture of alcohol, armaments, gambling,
pornography, tobacco and uranium. Material exposure is considered to be where a
company derives more than 10% of its total revenue from these industries. In addition
to the specific negative screens, the underlying managers generally adopt a balanced
scorecard approach to determine whether they can invest in a particular company.
Managers are reviewed annually, with additional reviews in the event of major corporate
changes, litigation etc. An additional sample review occurs three times per year.
If a company falls below the stated Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) standards,
it is AMP Capital’s policy that the relevant manager sells its investment in the
company within six months. This policy is monitored and if a fund breaches the policy
AMP Capital may terminate the services of the relevant underlying manager.
The policy also requires that the managers review individual companies if there
are major changes, such as takeovers or major environmental incidents.
Presently, the Responsible Investment Leaders Balanced Fund applies social and environmental
considerations as described above to Australian and international share investments,
and to corporate bonds within fixed interest. In addition there are specific environmental
considerations that apply to the fund’s direct property investments.
For all other investment options, decisions about the selection, retention or realisation
of investments are primarily based on economic factors. The Trustee and the underlying
investment managers do not take into account labour standards, environmental, social
or ethical considerations when making decisions, although sometimes these matters
do indirectly affect the economic factors upon which decisions are based.
The Trustee does not have a predetermined view as to whether it will take the above
matters into consideration in making investment decisions affecting the investments
in the future.
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