For the third year running, super funds surpassed expectations in the financial year to June 2025. Against a backdrop of Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs and rising geopolitical tensions, with high market volatility, the median Growth fund returned 10.5%.
This followed the strong 9.1% return in the 2024 financial year and 9.2% in the 2023 financial year, meaning super funds have returned around 30% over the past three years.
Chant West senior research manager, Mano Mohankumar says shares were the main driver of the stellar 2025 result.
International shares returned 13.7% on a currency hedged basis, and 18.6% unhedged due to the weaker Aussie dollar. Australian shares were also up a pleasing 13.7%.
While final figures are still coming in for unlisted assets, Mohankumar estimates unlisted infrastructure returns in the low double digits. He says private equity was up between 8% and 11% while unlisted property, which was in the red the two previous years, produced returns in the 2% to 5% range.
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