In this guide
- What is a Growth investment option?
- Top 10 Growth investment options (super funds): 10 years to December 2024
- Top 10 Growth investment options: 10-year returns for previous years
- Returns over one year highlight recent volatility
- Top 10 Growth investment options (super funds): 1 year to December 2024
- Top 10 Growth investment options: 1 year returns for previous years
Important: Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance. The returns that super funds achieve will change over time and readers should continue to monitor their fund’s performance.
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In this article you can discover the top 10 performing Growth super funds over one year and ten years. We recommend that you also read our explanatory article on the five main risk categories to help you compare the different risk categories that super investment options fall into.
What is a Growth investment option?
Investment options with a 61–80% allocation to growth assets such as shares and property are called Growth funds by Chant West, a research company that has been analysing super fund performance for more than 20 years.
Growth investment options may appeal to people who want the high return opportunities of growth assets with the diversification provided by the inclusion of some defensive assets.
Good to know
Investments such as shares, listed property and private equity are referred to as growth assets for their ability to produce strong returns over the long term, but they are also more likely to experience volatility (and even negative returns) in shorter timeframes.
Conversely, assets like cash and fixed interest are referred to as defensive assets for their ability to defend against volatility but generally cannot produce high returns over long periods of time.
Large unlisted assets such as infrastructure and property may combine elements of both growth and defensive assets and may provide a buffer against short-term losses in other asset classes in times of high volatility.
How does a Growth investment option behave?
In the short term, investment options in the Growth risk category may experience more volatility than a Balanced-style investment, but less volatility than a High Growth-style investment.
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