Shares Plus

What is it?

This is an investment predominantly in companies listed on Australian and major international stock exchanges, but with small exposures to other assets. Together these can offer potentially higher levels of return, but variability in returns as well.

Historical financial performance

Investment return to 31 December 2011
1 month -1.30%
3 months 0.69%
Financial year to date -8.86%
1 year -8.32% pa
3 years 8.24% pa
5 years -0.72% pa
7 years 4.20% pa
10 years 4.62% pa

The above table shows the net return after investment fees, tax and the asset-based fee. 

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Asset allocation
 BenchmarkRange
Australian Shares 55% 45-65%
International Shares 40% 30-50%
Private Equity 5% 0-10%
Total Growth Assets 100% 85-100%
Cash 0%  0-15%
Total Defensive Assets 0% 0-15%
Foreign Currency 15% 0-38%

How it works

Investment performance objective
Target = CPI + 4.5%
To achieve a return of 4.5% above inflation per annum over rolling 7 year periods.

Investment time frame
Long term, 7 years+. If you are seeking capital growth over the longer term and are willing to accept fluctuations in share markets and currencies, think about this option.

Risk profile
Medium to high risk. Likelihood of a negative return in any year is approximately 1 in 4.

Date introduced
February 2000

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