It is not unrealistic to expect your super returns to be over 20% for the financial year ended June 2021. Of course, this is a great outcome in what has been a tumultuous year. However, I would like to highlight some important observations and considerations.
And the 2021 winner is…
The table below sets out investment returns for the largest 8 industry funds based on a Balanced investment option (data from Lonsec). The table is sorted by 1-year returns, highest to lowest for the financial year ended June 2021. Hostplus achieved the highest return. However, AustralianSuper is the best performing fund over 3, 5, 7 and 10 years as highlighted.
I have selected the relevant pre-mixed investment option that has between 60% and 76% of assets invested in growth assets e.g. shares. This is defined as a Balanced asset allocation. You will note however that some super funds don’t use the Balanced description – some call it Growth or Core and so on. This highlights that it is important to not rely solely on an investment option’s name. Instead it is important to examine the actual asset allocation of the option you are considering.
This list of top 10 super funds includes all industry and retail funds (my list above only compared the 8 largest industry funds).
Click here to view a similar comparison for a
Growth investment option.
Often, it’s impossible to understand how your money is invested
Of course, it is basic common sense to make sure that you always understand how your money is invested. However, that can be challenging with some industry funds. Most people assume their money is invested in share and bond markets. However, some industry super funds invest a large amount of your balance in “alternative” investments.
Alternative investments can include almost any type of investment that cannot be classified as shares, bonds, property or cash. Alternative investments include things such as infrastructure, construction and private credit, hedge funds, private equity, currency, commodities and so on. Industry super funds do no
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