IOOF MySuper Balanced Investor Trust delivered a strong, double-digit 10.66% return in FY24
A message from Stanley Yeo, Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Head of Equities at IOOF
A strong, double-digit 10.66% return for the 2024 financial year is great news for members in our IOOF MySuper Balanced Investor Trust (Trust) – our MySuper default investment option.
This strong return to 30 June 2024 also places the Trust among the top 6 MySuper options for the financial year.ⁱ
The Trust also ranked in the top 10 performers for the 3-year period to 30 June 2024, delivering a competitive 5.27% per annum.ⁱ
The 5-year return for the Trust also remains healthy with 6.25% per annum to 30 June 2024.
What helped drive the Trust’s strong performance?
The Trust’s exposure to international stocks, particularly US technology stocks, contributed to the Trust’s strong financial year return. Global stock prices made especially solid gains given the continued optimism on the prospects for ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) and renewed hopes for lower interest rates later this calendar year.
In particular, the largest AI chipmaker – Nvidia – and a company in which the Trust is invested – led the charge with a 192% stock price gain given strong revenue and profit growth. In fact, Nvidia’s stock has experienced a remarkable 3001% price rise over the last five years*.
The Trust’s alternative private debt strategies – loans made by investors to commercial borrowers - also helped to deliver the solid performance for members who invested in the Trust. The return patterns from these strategies differ from those provided by shares and so are valuable sources of diversification within the Trust, as well as returns.
What does the year ahead hold?
Global shares have performed so well that valuations of some of the big technology stocks in particular are now starting to look ‘stretched’. Amid this heavily tech-powered rally, members should not lose sight of finding opportunities elsewhere.
As such, we enter the new financial year with a cautious but constructive outlook. Consistent with this cautious view, we will continue to rebalance the Trust into markets that have underperformed while taking gains in markets that have outperformed.
Investment markets fluctuate over time, that’s why we’re focused on delivering consistent positive returns for members over longer periods than just one year.
Our robust investment strategy – centred on building a well-diversified portfolio that includes investments across many asset classes – underpins our approach to deliver future long-term performance.
Latest investment returns to 30 June 2024
Returns (%) | Annualised Returns (% p.a.) | ||||
1 month | 3 months | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | |
IOOF Balanced Investor Trust^ | 1.07 | 0.23 | 10.66 | 5.27 | 6.25 |