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Zurich Life offers 53 pension funds in our data, including global equity, bonds, growth managed and cautious 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 Zurich Life range compares.

funds
53
typical risk
3–5/7
middle 5-yr return
+7.2% a year

Of the 50 Zurich Life funds with a five-year record, the highest average yearly return was +20.0% (Zurich Life Gold) and the lowest −5.5% (Zurich Life Long Bond). 3 funds are under five years old and listed after, by 3-year return.

ranked by 5-year return

Zurich Life pension funds ranked by average yearly return over five years
#fundrisk1 yr3 yr avg5 yr avg10 yr avg
1Zurich Life GoldSpecialist Fundsrisk 5/7+36.3%+28.5%+20.0%+12.6%
2Zurich Life Indexed Top Tech 100Equity Information Technologyrisk 6/7+31.6%+25.4%+18.2%+20.8%
3Zurich Life Indexed Global Energy & MetalsEquity Materialsrisk 5/7+45.3%+15.9%+14.8%+9.4%
4Zurich Life 5 Star 5 AmericasEquity North Americarisk 5/7+25.2%+21.3%+13.9%+15.6%
5Zurich Life Dimensional Global ValueEquity Globalrisk 4/7+26.1%+16.8%+12.7%—
6Zurich Life Indexed Global Equity (BlackRock)Equity Globalrisk 5/7+19.9%+16.9%+12.4%+12.3%
7Zurich Life 5 Star 5 GlobalEquity Globalrisk 5/7+23.2%+19.4%+12.4%+13.5%
8Zurich Life International EquityEquity Globalrisk 5/7+20.4%+17.8%+11.4%+12.5%
9Zurich Life Prisma MaxManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+20.3%+17.2%+10.8%+11.9%
10Zurich Life Dimensional World EquityEquity Globalrisk 4/7+21.1%+15.3%+10.7%—
11Zurich Life Prisma 5Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+20.9%+16.5%+10.4%+10.9%
12Zurich Life DynamicManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+17.8%+15.7%+10.2%+11.3%
13Zurich Life Eurozone EquityEquity Eurozonerisk 6/7+12.9%+14.1%+9.9%+10.6%
14Zurich Life Indexed Eurozone Equity (BlackRock)Equity Eurozonerisk 6/7+12.4%+13.3%+9.8%+9.6%
15Zurich Life 5 Star 5 Asia PacificEquity Globalrisk 5/7+28.6%+16.5%+9.3%+11.1%
16Zurich Life Threadneedle American SelectEquity North Americarisk 5/7+14.7%+14.6%+9.2%+12.8%
17Zurich Life Dividend GrowthEquity Globalrisk 5/7+12.1%+10.6%+9.2%+8.3%
18Zurich Life PerformanceManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 5/7+15.7%+14.2%+9.1%+10.3%
19Zurich Life 5 Star 5 EuropeEquity Eurozonerisk 5/7+13.2%+11.4%+9.0%+10.3%
20Zurich Life Threadneedle Global SelectEquity Globalrisk 5/7+9.0%+14.0%+8.7%+11.4%
21Zurich Life Asia Pacific EquityEquity Asia Pacific Ex-Japanrisk 5/7+27.6%+15.3%+8.6%+10.7%
22Zurich Life Dimensional World Allocation 80/20Managed Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 3/7+17.1%+12.8%+8.4%—
23Zurich Life Indexed Emerging Markets EquityEquity Emerging Marketsrisk 5/7+39.9%+19.1%+8.0%+9.5%
24Zurich Life Active Asset AllocationManaged Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+14.8%+11.5%+7.5%+7.9%
25Zurich Life Diversified AssetsManaged Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+19.0%+11.8%+7.3%+6.5%
26Zurich Life BalancedManaged Aggressive (>65% Equity)risk 4/7+12.4%+11.8%+7.1%+8.3%
27Zurich Life Dimensional Global Small CompaniesEquity Small Caprisk 4/7+15.4%+11.3%+7.1%—
28Zurich Life Prisma 4Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 4/7+12.8%+11.1%+6.8%+7.3%
29Zurich Life Emerging Market Opportunities (JPM)Equity Emerging Marketsrisk 5/7+53.5%+20.6%+6.5%+10.6%
30Zurich Life Dimensional World Allocation 60/40Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 3/7+12.9%+10.4%+6.3%—
31Zurich Life Threadneedle European SelectEquity Eurozonerisk 5/7+0.7%+6.1%+4.5%+8.0%
32Zurich Life Cautiously ManagedManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 4/7+6.6%+7.7%+4.4%+5.2%
33Zurich Life Dimensional World Allocation 40/60Managed Balanced (<65% Equity)risk 3/7+8.7%+7.8%+4.3%—
34Zurich Life Prisma 3Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 3/7+6.5%+6.7%+3.8%+3.7%
35Zurich Life Dynamic Diversified Growth (BlackRock)Alternative Strategyrisk 3/7+13.9%+8.2%+3.2%+3.5%
36Zurich Life Dimensional World Allocation 20/80Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 2/7+5.0%+5.2%+2.3%—
37Zurich Life Prisma 2Managed Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 2/7+2.4%+3.8%+1.8%+1.5%
38Zurich Life Prisma LowManaged Defensive (<35% Equity)risk 2/7+1.8%+3.5%+1.4%—
39Zurich Life CashMoney Marketrisk 1/7+1.6%+2.5%+1.3%+0.2%
40Zurich Life Short Duration Corporate BondBond - Corporaterisk 2/7+1.7%+3.5%+1.2%—
41Zurich Life Indexed Inflation-Linked BondBond - Index-linkedrisk 4/7+2.5%+1.9%+0.4%+1.1%
42Zurich Life Indexed Australasian PropertyPropertyrisk 5/7+8.3%+1.8%-0.2%+1.8%
43Zurich Life Medium Duration Corporate BondBond - Corporaterisk 3/7+1.5%+4.6%-0.5%—
44Zurich Life Global Corporate Bond (JP Morgan)Bond - Corporaterisk 3/7+1.9%+3.2%-1.4%+0.4%
45Zurich Life Property FundPropertyrisk 6/7-1.1%-0.8%-1.9%—
46Zurich Life Active Fixed IncomeBond - Aggregaterisk 3/7-1.3%+1.3%-2.2%-0.8%
47Zurich Life Indexed Eurozone Government Bond (BlackRock)Bond - Governmentrisk 3/7-0.3%+2.0%-2.6%-0.6%
48Zurich Life Global Government Bond (JP Morgan)Bond - Governmentrisk 3/7-1.1%+0.1%-2.7%-1.1%
49Zurich Life Indexed European Ex UK PropertyPropertyrisk 6/7-0.3%+11.0%-3.7%+0.3%
50Zurich Life Long BondBond - Governmentrisk 4/7-2.8%+0.2%-5.5%-1.8%
51Zurich Life Indexed CommoditiesStructured Productsrisk 5/7+37.5%+13.2%——
52Zurich Life Indexed Climate Focus World EquityEquity Globalrisk 5/7————
53Zurich Life Indexed Developed World PropertyPropertyrisk 5/7————

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.