Three years ago, I had broken free from an illness that had stopped me working for the previous four years, and I was preparing to reenter the workforce. It had been a long time — more than ten years — since I had worked for anyone but myself, though, and that meant rethinking what was meaningful to me, and what I valued, as I searched for a job.
I’ve realised since that job hunting is not unlike jumping on a dating app.
You’re swiping left and right, figuring out what suits you and your lifestyle, what you’re attracted to, and maybe, just maybe, hoping to find “the one.”
When I found Spaceship, it checked all the boxes for me. And luckily, we were a match! But it’s not enough to find “the one” and just settle in and take what you’ve found for granted. I think it’s important to regularly revisit what brought you there and make sure you’re still a match.
And because we’re hiring at Spaceship at the moment, I’ve been doing a lot of interviews where the interviewee asks why I’m at Spaceship.
What keeps me here is threefold.
Firstly, I truly love the people I work with. The Spaceship team is a group of incredibly smart and passionate people who teach me new things and are unafraid to challenge the status quo. But I won’t say any more than that because they read this and don’t need big heads.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, we all fervently believe in our mission: to enable you to invest in your future, so you can live the life you want to live.
Recently, we reached a milestone that reminds me/us how our mission is bearing fruit: we now have more than $1 billion in funds under management, making us a leader in the local micro-investing space. On top of that, we’ve seen how our performance stacks up over a financial year that has seen many ups and downs.
Spaceship Super
The GrowthX investment option returned 23.41% in the year ending 30 June 2021 and has returned an annualised performance of 15.69% over the life of the fund (4 January 2017 to 30 June 2021) (54 months).
The Global Index investment option returned 22.03% in the year ending 30 June 2021 and has returned an annualised performance of 11.81% over the life of the fund (30 September 2017 to 30 June 2021).
Returns are net of fees and taxes, but do not include the impact of the administration fees that are deducted from members' account balances. These returns are not a projection. Actual returns may differ, and can be positive or negative. Past performance is not a guide to, or reliable indicator of, future performance.
Spaceship Voyager
The Spaceship Universe Portfolio returned 46.18% in the year ending 30 June 2021 and has returned an annualised performance of 30.39% since the Funded Date* of 15 May 2018 (37 months).
The Spaceship Origin Portfolio returned 21.92% in the year ending 30 June 2021. It has returned an annualised performance of 12.25% since the Funded Date* of 15 May 2018 (37 months).
The Spaceship Earth Portfolio launched in November 2020 and its performance will be available after one full year of history.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance and is provided for your information purposes only. Returns are net fees, and not a projection. *The Funded Date represents the date on which the fund was substantially invested in accordance with its investment strategy.
Despite these key milestones, we at Spaceship feel we’re only at the beginning of our journey.
Which brings me to the third and most important reason I stay at Spaceship: our customers. Though “living the life you want to live” might feel a bit different than you expected right now, we’re so thankful you’ve decided to join us and trust us with your hard-earned money, at a time when investing might be more important than ever.
