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Investment update to 31 January 2025

20 March 2025

Brighter Super’s Growth and Balanced investment options have ranked as the top-performing options in their respective SuperRatings indices for 7 years to 31 January 20251.

Both options continue to deliver some of the best long-term returns among Australian super funds, for Accumulation and Pension accounts. The table below shows the options’ rankings over 5- and 7-year periods in SuperRatings’ January 2025 Fund Crediting Rate Survey1.

Option Ranking in respective SuperRatings index1
5 years ended
31 January 2025		 7 years ended
31 January 2025
Growth (Accumulation) 3rd 1st
Growth (Pension) 1st 1st
Balanced (Accumulation) 3rd 1st
Balanced (Pension) 2nd 1st

Over the shorter term, our default MySuper option delivered top quartile returns in the SR50 MySuper Index for 3 years ended 31 January 2025 (ranked 6th)1.

Returns for periods ended 31 January 2025

As global markets react to new U.S. economic policies, Brighter Super’s diversified long-term investment strategy helps us manage uncertainties and pursue steady growth for our members.

Below are the returns for Brighter Super’s diversified investment options for periods ended 31 January 20252.

Investment option Returns for periods ended 31 January 20252
1 year 3 years 5 years 7 years
Accumulation accounts
Growth 15.02% 9.05% 9.32% 10.03%
Balanced 12.91% 7.59% 7.90% 8.69%
MySuper 12.94% 7.48% 6.44% 6.98%
Indexed Balanced 16.04% 8.68% 7.78% -
Conservative Balanced 10.21% 5.49% 5.86% 6.63%
Stable 7.39% 3.87% 3.97% 4.80%
Secure 3.36% 2.45% 1.78% 2.61%
Pension accounts
Growth 16.59% 10.29% 10.40% 11.24%
Balanced 14.16% 8.56% 8.70% 9.63%
Indexed Balanced 17.41% 9.47% 8.58% -
Conservative Balanced 11.41% 6.35% 6.51% 7.40%
Stable 8.38% 4.51% 4.48% 5.45%
Secure 3.88% 2.62% 1.74% 2.76%

 

  1. SuperRatings Fund Crediting Rate Survey, January 2025. Refer to superratings.com.au for further information about these results. The information is current as at the date of the SuperRatings Survey (released on 20 February 2025). Investment returns are only one factor to be considered when deciding whether to invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

    Brighter Super’s options mentioned in this article are ranked in the following SuperRatings index:
    • For Accumulation accounts, the Growth option is ranked in the SR50 Growth (77-90) Index, Balanced option is ranked in the SR50 Balanced (60-76) Index, and the MySuper option is ranked in the SR50 MySuper Index.
    • For Pension accounts, the Growth option is ranked in the SRP50 Growth (77-90) Index, and Balanced option is ranked in the SRP50 Balanced (60-76) Index.
  2. Returns are based on daily unit pricing valuations and are net of external investment manager fees, net of taxes and gross of all Brighter Super administration fees for all performance periods. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. 

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