CBUS sits in 7th place on past decade top 10 super funds

CBUS sits in 7th place on past decade top 10 super funds
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 17, 2020

Whose super did better than everyone else’s?

There was an average super return of 9.8% for the 2014-15 financial year, as calculated by Chant West.

They ranked the top-performing fund as Queensland’s public sector scheme QSuper, the second-biggest super fund in the country.

It returned 12.3% for its members.

Second placed was MTAA Super, the industry fund for the motor trades returning 11.7% for its members.

While most super funds took a beating in the GFC, Chant West director Warren Chant said the damage has been more than repaired.

“Since the GFC low point at the end of February 2009, growth funds have now delivered an impressive 88 per cent, putting them 37% above their pre-GFC high of October 2007,” he told TheNew Daily.

The full list of the top 10 is below, made up overwhelmingly of industry funds, with just one public sector fund and two retail funds making the list.

Overall, not-for-profit funds – which include industry, public sector and corporate funds (such as Telstra or Qantas) – returned on average 10.2%.

Retail funds, which are generally owned by banks on a for-profit basis, returned 9.6% on average.

The top 10 super funds for 2014/15

1. QSuper – 12.3%

2. MTAA – 11.7%

3. Statewide Super – 11.5%

4. AMP Future Directions – 11.5%

5. VicSuper – 11.1%

6. UniSuper – 11%

7. HOSTPLUS – 11%

8. Intrust Super – 10.9%

9. MLC Horizon – 10.9%

10. AustralianSuper – 10.9%

 

The top 10 super funds 2005-2015

1. REST Industry Super – 7.7%

2. Telstra Super – 7.6%

3. Commonwealth Bank Group Super – 7.4%

4. CareSuper – 7.4%

5. AustralianSuper – 7.3%

6. Catholic Super – 7.2%

7. Cbus – 7.2%

8. QSuper – 7.2%

9. UniSuper – 7.2%

10. HOSTPLUS – 7.1%

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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