Delivering strong investment returns in an unpredictable market
The Growth (MySuper) investment option continues to deliver strong long term investment outcomes for our hard-working members, with a 10-year average annual return of 7.75%, and 8.91% since its inception1 to 30 June 2025.
Despite a rollercoaster year for investment returns, our Growth (MySuper) investment option has delivered a strong one-year return of 10.29%2 for our hard-working members.
Our diversified investment options (Pre-mixed) also performed strongly with 11.80% return for our High Growth investment option and a 11.68% return for our Indexed Diversified investment option. Following another year of strong share market returns, our Australian Shares and Overseas Shares (DIY) investment options, returned 11.26% and 17.81%, respectively.
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 play 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,” Gavin added.
1 The inception date of the Growth (MySuper) investment option is 1 July 1984.
2 As at 30 June 2025. The crediting rate is based on returns 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. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
To hear more from Leigh about our investment performance, watch our EOFY investment update.
Investment performance (%) to 30 June 2025
Growth (MySuper) investment option
| 1 year | 10.29% |
| 5 years p.a | 8.38% |
| 10 years p.a | 7.75% |
| 15 years p.a | 8.48% |
| 20 years p.a | 7.49% |
| Since inception p.a | 8.91% |
Disclaimer
United Super Pty Ltd ABN 46 006 261 623 AFSL 233792 as Trustee for the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund ABN 75 493 363 262 offering Cbus Super products (Cbus and/or Cbus Super). Use of `us’, `we’, `our’ or `the Trustee’ is a reference to United Super Pty Ltd. Use of ‘Fund’ refers to the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund.
This information is about the products offered by the Trustee and is general in nature. It does not take into account your specific needs, so you should look at your own financial position, objectives and requirements before making any financial decisions. Read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Target Market Determination (TMD) to decide which product is right for you on the Cbus website. Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.