Our investment performance results for 2024/25
Delivering strong investment returns in an unpredictable market
Despite a rollercoaster year for investment returns, our Growth (MySuper) investment option has delivered a strong one-year return of 10.29% for our hard-working members1.
Our diversified investment options (Pre-mixed) also performed strongly with an 11.80% return for our High Growth investment option and an 11.68% return for our Indexed Diversified investment option1. Following another year of strong share market returns, our Australian Shares and Overseas Shares (DIY) investment options, returned 11.26% and 17.81%, respectively1.
What drove our investment return performance
Despite investment market ups and downs, both global and Australian shares still finished the financial year as the largest contributors, showing why they continue to be an important part of our highly diversified portfolios over all time periods.
More defensive asset classes, such as infrastructure and property, also played an important role helping to deliver a smoother ride. Global credit and private equity also contributed meaningfully to our 1-year performance.
Investment markets can be unpredictable, and this year was no exception
“Ongoing trade negotiations between the United States and many of its major trading partners, including Australia, dominated the news headlines in 2025, and with this, we also saw significant ups and downs in markets,” said Leigh Gavin, Chief Investment Officer at Cbus.
“With over 40 years of experience behind us, our investment approach has weathered many storms, and it’s during these periods of heightened market volatility that our approach really delivers for members,” Leigh added.
To hear more from Leigh about our investment performance, watch our EOFY investment update.
End of year investment performance - super members
Growth (MySuper) investment option1 | SuperRatings fund median2 | High Growth investment option1 | SuperRatings fund median2 | |
1 year (%) | 10.29 | 10.34 | 11.80 | 11.40 |
10 years (% per year) | 7.75 | 7.04 | 9.28 | 8.14 |
1 As at 30 June 2025. The crediting rate is the investment return minus investment fees and costs, transaction costs and investment-related taxes and until 31 January 2020, the percentage-based administration fee. Excludes fees and costs that are deducted directly from members’ accounts. Media Super merged with Cbus on 9 April 2022 and as a result, pre-existing Media Super investment options were closed and Media Super members were transferred to equivalent Media Super branded investment options under United Super Pty Ltd. The historical performance displayed prior to this date relates to Cbus investment options and does not incorporate the performance of Media Super. Media Super members received a Successor Fund Transfer Exit Statement prior to merging with Cbus, detailing the performance of their Media Super investment options. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
2 The median investment return is taken from the comparable SuperRatings Index Survey for the period ending 30 June 2025. Growth (MySuper) investment option: FCRS SR50 Balanced (60-76) Index, High Growth investment option: FCRS SR50 Growth (77-90) Index. SuperRatings is a ratings agency that collects information from super funds to enable performance comparisons – visit superratings.com.au for details of its rating criteria.
Disclaimer
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Insider September 2025
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