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Irish Life offers 75 pension funds in our data, including cautious managed, growth managed, global equity and balanced managed funds. Below they're ranked by average yearly return over five years, with one, three and ten-year figures and each fund's risk rating, so you can see how the Irish Life range compares.

funds
75
typical risk
2–6/7
middle 5-yr return
+5.8% a year

Of the 68 Irish Life funds with a five-year record, the highest average yearly return was +13.7% (Irish Life Indexed North American Equity) and the lowest −7.8% (Irish Life Annuity Fund). 7 funds are under five years old and listed after, by 3-year return.

ranked by 5-year return

Irish Life pension funds ranked by average yearly return over five years
#fundrisk1 yr3 yr avg5 yr avg10 yr avg
1Irish Life Indexed North American EquityEquity North Americarisk 6/7+20.3%+18.5%+13.7%+14.0%
2Irish Life Indexed USEquity North Americarisk 6/7+18.8%+17.8%+13.2%+13.6%
3Irish Life Indexed Ethical Global EquityEquity Globalrisk 6/7+19.5%+17.3%+12.7%+12.1%
4Irish Life Indexed World Equity FundEquity Globalrisk 6/7+18.4%+16.6%+11.9%+11.9%
5Irish Life Indexed CommoditiesSpecialist Fundsrisk 6/7+28.4%+10.4%+11.2%+6.2%
6Irish Life Indexed UKEquity UKrisk 6/7+17.5%+12.4%+10.4%+6.6%
7Irish Life Consensus EquityEquity Globalrisk 5/7+18.6%+15.5%+10.4%+10.3%
8Irish Life Indexed EuropeEquity Eurozonerisk 6/7+9.5%+12.1%+9.8%+9.0%
9Irish Life Fidelity World FundEquity Globalrisk 4/7+20.0%+15.0%+9.7%+11.3%
10Irish Life Diversified GrowthManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+17.1%+12.9%+9.3%+9.3%
11Irish Life Setanta Global EquityEquity Globalrisk 6/7+13.7%+11.0%+9.3%+9.2%
12Irish Life Dynamic Global EquityManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 6/7+13.4%+10.7%+9.1%+8.9%
13Irish Life Infrastructure EquitiesEquity Eurozonerisk 6/7+10.4%+9.9%+9.0%+6.1%
14Irish Life Indexed European EquityEquity Eurozonerisk 6/7+11.4%+10.8%+8.8%+9.0%
15Irish Life Setanta Equity DividendEquity Globalrisk 6/7+15.3%+10.7%+8.8%+8.3%
16Irish Life Global SelectEquity Globalrisk 6/7+12.8%+10.2%+8.5%+8.4%
17Irish Life Global OpportunitiesEquity Globalrisk 6/7+12.9%+10.2%+8.5%+8.4%
18Irish Life Multi-Asset Portfolio 6Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 6/7+19.1%+14.4%+8.4%+8.6%
19Irish Life Portfolio Pension 6Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 6/7+19.0%+14.0%+8.1%+8.4%
20Irish Life Indexed JapanEquity Japanrisk 6/7+24.0%+13.4%+8.1%+7.4%
21Irish Life Amundi Global Ecology ESGManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 4/7+5.9%+12.5%+8.0%—
22Irish Life Multi-Asset Portfolio 5Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+16.6%+12.6%+7.6%+7.3%
23Irish Life Portfolio Pension 5Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+16.6%+12.4%+7.4%+7.4%
24Irish Life Experienced PortfolioManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+16.4%+12.4%+7.4%—
25Irish Life Consensus LifeManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+13.7%+11.9%+7.3%+7.7%
26Irish Life Indexed Emerging Market Equity FundEquity Emerging Marketsrisk 7/7+36.6%+17.8%+7.1%+8.8%
27Irish Life Retirement Portfolio 5Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+15.1%+11.4%+7.0%—
28Irish Life Multi-Asset Portfolio 4Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+12.5%+10.5%+6.5%+5.9%
29Irish Life Balanced PortfolioManaged Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+12.4%+10.3%+6.3%—
30Irish Life Active ManagedManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 4/7+11.2%+10.0%+6.1%+6.1%
31Irish Life Diversified BalancedManaged Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+11.7%+9.3%+6.1%+6.4%
32Irish Life Setanta ManagedManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+10.8%+8.5%+6.1%+6.4%
33Irish Life Portfolio Pension 4Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+11.8%+10.1%+6.0%+6.0%
34Irish Life Amundi European Equity ConservativeManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+4.1%+7.2%+5.9%—
35Irish Life Setanta Balanced DividendManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 4/7+9.9%+7.8%+5.7%+5.5%
36Irish Life Indexed Pacific BasinEquity Asia Pacific Ex-Japanrisk 6/7+13.2%+8.7%+5.5%+8.3%
37Irish Life Diverse AssetsManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 4/7+13.3%+7.8%+5.5%+4.7%
38Irish Life Retirement Portfolio 4Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+11.9%+9.3%+5.4%—
39Irish Life Protected Consumer Markets FundStructured Productsrisk 3/7+11.4%+8.7%+5.1%+4.1%
40Irish Life Setanta Global FocusEquity Globalrisk 6/7+1.5%+3.3%+5.0%+5.6%
41Irish Life Setanta Income OpportunitiesManaged Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+7.4%+6.0%+4.9%+4.5%
42Irish Life Multi-Asset Portfolio 3Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+8.8%+8.1%+4.4%+4.2%
43Irish Life Fidelity India ChinaEquity Emerging Marketsrisk 7/7-7.1%+3.1%+3.8%+7.1%
44Irish Life Portfolio Pension 3Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+8.0%+7.6%+3.8%+4.2%
45Irish Life Retirement Portfolio 3Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+8.7%+7.3%+3.6%—
46Irish Life Consensus CautiousManaged Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+7.7%+7.3%+3.6%+3.8%
47Irish Life Diversified CautiousManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+6.8%+5.9%+3.2%+3.5%
48Irish Life Amundi Euroland Small Cap Equity GrossEquity Small Caprisk 4/7+8.9%+10.0%+3.1%—
49Irish Life Multi-Manager Target ReturnAlternative Strategyrisk 3/7+9.3%+6.6%+3.1%+1.6%
50Irish Life Fidelity IndiaEquity Emerging Marketsrisk 4/7-19.8%+0.9%+2.8%+6.1%
51Irish Life Multi-Asset Portfolio 2Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 2/7+5.2%+5.7%+2.4%+2.3%
52Irish Life Retirement Portfolio 2Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 2/7+5.2%+5.2%+1.8%—
53Irish Life Portfolio Pension 2Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 2/7+4.4%+5.2%+1.8%+2.4%
54Irish Life Fidelity ChinaEquity Emerging Marketsrisk 6/7+3.4%+2.0%+1.3%+4.9%
55Irish Life CashMoney Marketrisk 1/7+1.1%+2.0%+1.3%+0.6%
56Irish Life Inflation-Linked BondBond - Aggregaterisk 3/7+3.3%+2.6%+1.0%+1.8%
57Irish Life Global Cash FundMoney Marketrisk 1/7+1.1%+2.0%+0.9%—
58Irish Life Indexed CashMoney Marketrisk 1/7+0.3%+1.3%+0.8%+0.4%
59Irish Life Amundi Multi-Asset Sustainable FutureManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+3.1%+4.0%+0.8%—
60Irish Life Amundi Absolute Return Multi-StrategyManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+6.5%+4.5%+0.3%—
61Irish Life Property PortfolioPropertyrisk 6/7+1.3%-0.4%+0.2%+0.7%
62Irish Life Indexed Inflation-Linked BondBond - Governmentrisk 3/7+2.3%+1.7%+0.1%+0.9%
63Irish Life Amundi Global Aggregate Bond GrossManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 4/7+1.7%+2.9%-0.4%—
64Irish Life Indexed Euro Corporate BondBond - Corporaterisk 3/7+0.9%+3.9%-0.5%+0.4%
65Irish Life Indexed Euro Short Dated BondBond - Governmentrisk 2/7-0.4%+1.6%-0.8%-0.8%
66Irish Life PropertyPropertyrisk 6/7+3.1%-2.2%-1.0%+0.2%
67Irish Life Indexed European Gilts FundBond - Governmentrisk 3/7-2.1%+1.1%-4.6%-1.6%
68Irish Life Annuity FundBond - Governmentrisk 4/7-5.0%-0.8%-7.8%—
69Irish Life Forum 5Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+16.1%+13.3%——
70Irish Life Forum 4Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+12.0%+10.3%——
71Irish Life Setanta Multi-Asset Active 5Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+13.6%+9.8%——
72Irish Life Setanta Multi-Asset Active 4Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+9.8%+8.1%——
73Irish Life Forum 3Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+7.1%+7.1%——
74Irish Life Setanta Multi-Asset Active 3Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+6.0%+5.9%——
75Irish Life Amundi Protect 90Structured Productsrisk 2/7+3.2%+3.4%——

average yearly returns as published by the national pension helpline fund explorer, updated 9 Nov 2026, 06:01. your own return also depends on the charges on your policy. past performance is not a reliable guide to future performance.