Suitability and risk
Suits members who want to invest in a specific asset class and are comfortable with the value of their investments fluctuating.
7 years
Suggested minimum investment time frame
High
Summary risk level
Sector
Option type
$2.0 billion
Option size1
As at 30 September 2024
Expected frequency of negative annual return
Four to less than six in 20 years
Total investment fees and costs and transaction costs (%)
Super: 0.58% | Pension: 0.51%
Objective and performance
To invest in a diversified portfolio of global shares and securities, which may include up to 10% in Australian shares.
Objective
To achieve returns (after taxes and investment expenses, before deducting account-based fees) that are at least 4% p.a. more than inflation (CPI) over the suggested time frame.2
Performance against objective
2% p.a. over 7 years
As at 31 Dec 2024
CPI + 4% | International Shares performance | Outperformance |
---|---|---|
7.2 | 10.4 | 3.2 |
Performance objectives are not promises or predictions of any particular rate of return.
Performance
2% p.a.
As at 31 Jan 2025
Timeframe | International Shares return |
---|---|
1 month | 2.42 |
3 months | 7.65 |
Financial year to date | 11.78 |
1 year | 22.94 |
3 years | 8.67 |
5 years | 10.24 |
7 years | 10.32 |
10 years | 10.90 |
Periods less than a year are not annualised.
International Shares option performance ($)
2As at 20 Feb 2025
Objective
To achieve returns (after taxes and investment expenses, before deducting account-based fees) that are at least 4% p.a. more than inflation (CPI) over the suggested time frame.2
Performance against objective
2% p.a. over 7 years
As at 31 Dec 2024
CPI + 4% | International Shares performance | Outperformance |
---|---|---|
7.2 | 11.2 | 4.0 |
Performance objectives are not promises or predictions of any particular rate of return.
Performance
2% p.a.
As at 31 Jan 2025
Timeframe | International Shares return |
---|---|
1 month | 2.66 |
3 months | 8.43 |
Financial year to date | 13.03 |
1 year | 25.23 |
3 years | 9.64 |
5 years | 11.07 |
7 years | 11.14 |
10 years | 11.78 |
Periods less than a year are not annualised.
International Shares option performance ($)
2As at 20 Feb 2025
Allocations
Strategic asset allocation
3As at 28 September 2024
Asset class | Allocation |
---|---|
International Shares
|
100.0% |
Regional allocation
As at 30 September 2024
Region | Allocation |
---|---|
USA
|
63.9% |
Europe
|
12.5% |
Asia ex Japan
|
9.8% |
Japan
|
9.0% |
Australia
|
3.1% |
Other Developed
|
1.2% |
Other Emerging
|
0.5% |
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Countries exposure
- USA
- Japan
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- China
- India
- Taiwan
- Germany
- France
- South Korea
As at 30 Sep 2024
Sector allocation
As at 30 September 2024
Sector | Allocation |
---|---|
Information Technology
|
29.2% |
Financials
|
15.2% |
Health Care
|
13.7% |
Consumer Discretionary
|
10.6% |
Industrials
|
8.9% |
Communication Services
|
7.3% |
Consumer Staples
|
4.1% |
Utilities
|
3.3% |
Materials
|
2.9% |
Energy
|
2.9% |
Real Estate
|
1.8% |
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- Microsoft Corp
- NVIDIA Corp
- Amazon.com Inc
- Alphabet Inc
- Eli Lilly and Co
- Meta Platforms Inc
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
- London Stock Exchange Group PLC
- Broadcom Inc