AustralianSuper members see strong returns for their retirement savings

3 July 2025

AustralianSuper today announced to members strong returns for the 2025 financial year.

• The High Growth super option returned 10.61%
• The Balanced super option returned 9.52%, and
• The Choice Income retirement Balanced option returned 10.41%.

Chief Investment Officer Mark Delaney said the results were a good outcome for members given the complex investing environment.

‘It has been a challenging 12 months for active investors so being able to deliver this strong result for members is pleasing,’ Mr Delaney said.

‘It is important to remember super is a long-term investment and we always invest through short-term economic and geopolitical cycles.’

AustralianSuper’s Balanced investment option has delivered an average annual return of 8.72% over three years, 8.53% over five years, 7.94% over 10 years and 8.69% over 15 years to 30 June 2025.

‘Equities in Australia and overseas were significant drivers of returns this year, as AI and technology investments continued a three-year trend of boosting equity markets, Mr Delaney said. ‘We maintained our diversified portfolio while also capitalising on good growth in share markets.’

Over the past 20 years, the Balanced option has delivered an average annual return of 7.62% for members. This means $100,000 invested in the Balanced option 20 years ago would have grown to $434,546 as at 30 June this year, without additional contributions¹.

Mr Delaney also said AustralianSuper was more than two years into a plan to improve service for members, with more improvements to come.

‘Delivering returns and providing services are two of the most important things we do for members. We’ve made big steps and there is more to do,’ he said.

Mr Delaney said two major efforts to improve services - insourcing death claims processing and early complaints resolution teams – have been delivering results.

The Fund:

• Opened a Bereavement Centre in April 2024 to handle death claims in-house, improving processing times.
• Reduced complaints volumes 32% since June 2024.
• Reduced complaints escalated to AFCA by 40% since June 2024.
• Reduced insurance premiums for the third year in a row.
• Also rolled out extra multi-factor authentication security measures to our membership base.

We have also delivered help, guidance and advice to about 20% of members to help them plan for their future,’ Mr Delaney said.

‘There are 3.5 million AustralianSuper members today and we expect to grow to five million within the decade. We’ve invested more than $200 million this financial year to transform how we support members and this is only the beginning.’

Returns for all options and those in the retirement phase are available here.