Why consider investing when your savings mature?
When interest rates begin to drop, it's time to start thinking about how to protect your savings for the future.
Save or invest: what’s the difference?
Savings accounts can help you put money aside for short-term needs. Investing is for when you want to grow your money over the long-term.
Putting money into a savings account does mean that the balance won’t drop. However, it’s unlikely to grow much, and rates can be eroded by raising retail prices (inflation).
So, should you invest?
Investing increases the chances of growing your money over the long term (that’s 5 years or more).
When you invest, you can still take your money back if you need it. But the longer you can invest it, the better gains you may get.
Enjoy the perks of investing with us
Whatever your goals, we’re here to help make them a reality. By investing with us, you can:
- transfer some or all of your maturing savings into investments
- choose a ready-made investment fund to have the potential to grow your money even more
- see and manage your investments in Online and Mobile Banking,
- while you should aim to keep your money invested for 5+ years, you can take out your money at any time – it’s not locked away.
- choose an investment to suit your level of risk
Good news – you can move some or all your money into an investment fund
Here are a few steps to getting you started today
Go on to your account
Log on to you Investment Hub, and choose which account to invest in.
Decide how much to invest
You can transfer all or some of your maturing savings.
Pick your investment
We’ve made it easy with our ready-made investment funds – or you can choose your own.
We’ll do the rest
Once your money is invested, we’ll let you know.
If you’re not confident about investing yourself, we do also offer advice to help you understand if investing is right for you
As with all investments your capital is at risk and you may get back less than you invest. Investments should be held for the medium to long term (5+ years), unless there is a fixed term that applies. Past performance isn't a guide to future performance.