Suitability and risk

Suits members who want exposure to a range of asset classes, are comfortable with the value of their investments fluctuating, are comfortable with greater volatility because of sustainable screens, and are comfortable with the explanation of listed property exposures in the How we invest your money booklet (PDF, 1.1MB) and the returns being different from (and more volatile than) returns from owning real property.

6 years
Suggested minimum investment time frame
High
Summary risk level
Pre-Mixed
Option type
$7.2 billion

Option size1

As at 29 February 2024

Expected frequency of negative annual return
Four to less than six in 20 years
Total investment fees and costs and transaction costs (%)
Super 0.39% | Pension  0.31%

Objective and performance

To invest in a diversified portfolio of Australian and international shares that are selected on the basis of sustainable investment criteria (and the application of some negative screens and/or positive screens), together with Australian listed property, fixed interest, infrastructure, private equity and cash assets. Refer to the ‘How we manage your investments’ section of ‘How we invest your money booklet (PDF, 1.1 MB)’ for more information.

Sustainable and environmental investing means different things to different people. Different products have different investment criteria. Read our website to find out what sustainable and environmental investing means to us and what our investment options invest in.

Objective

To achieve returns (after taxes and investment expenses, before deducting account-based fees) that are at least 3% p.a. more than inflation (CPI) over the suggested time frame.2

Performance against objective

2
% p.a. over 6 years
As at 31 Mar 2024
CPI + 3% Sustainable Balanced performance Outperformance
6.4 8.2 1.8
Performance objectives are not promises or predictions of any particular rate of return.

        

        

Performance

2
% p.a.
As at 30 Jun 2024
Timeframe Sustainable Balanced return
1 month 2.05
3 months 1.22
Financial year to date 12.24
1 year 12.24
3 years 4.31
5 years 6.98
7 years 7.66
10 years 7.93
Periods less than a year are not annualised. Some performance data are not yet available for this option.

Sustainable Balanced option performance ($)

2
As at 25 Jul 2024

Objective

To achieve returns (after taxes and investment expenses, before deducting account-based fees) that are at least 3% p.a. more than inflation (CPI) over the suggested time frame.2

Performance against objective

2
% p.a. over 6 years
As at 31 Mar 2024
CPI + 3% Sustainable Balanced performance Outperformance
6.4 9.1 2.7
Performance objectives are not promises or predictions of any particular rate of return.

        

        

Performance

2
% p.a.
As at 30 Jun 2024
Timeframe Sustainable Balanced return
1 month 1.97
3 months 1.05
Financial year to date 13.43
1 year 13.43
3 years 4.55
5 years 7.66
7 years 8.48
10 years 8.85
Periods less than a year are not annualised. Some performance data are not yet available for this option.

Sustainable Balanced option performance ($)

2
As at 25 Jul 2024

Allocations

Strategic asset allocation

3
As at 01 June 2024
Asset class Allocation
International Shares
39.0%
Cash & Fixed Interest
28.0%
Australian Shares
24.0%
Infrastructure & Private Equity
9.0%
Property
0.0%

Major holdings

4

By value (descending order) as at 29 Feb 2024

5
Fixed Interest
  • First Sentier Managed Debt Trust
  • ANZ Banking Group
  • State of New South Wales
  • State of Queensland
  • National Australia Bank Ltd
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  • Commonwealth of Australia
  • International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
  • State of Victoria
  • Westpac Banking Corp
Australian Shares
  • CSL Ltd
  • Goodman Group
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  • Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd
  • Transurban Group
  • National Australia Bank Ltd
  • Carsales.com Ltd
  • Macquarie Group Ltd
  • NEXTDC Ltd
  • Westpac Banking Corp
International Shares
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Apple Inc
  • NVIDIA Corp
  • Amazon.com Inc
  • London Stock Exchange Group PLC
  • ASML Holding NV
  • Alphabet Inc
  • Mastercard Inc
  • Meta Platforms Inc
  • Visa Inc
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