Why ART’s top investment strategist is optimistic about markets
The $260 billion Australian Retirement Trust could deliver returns of between 8 and 9 per cent into the future, using a different strategy to other big industry super funds, says its head of investment strategy, Andrew Fisher.
In a wide-ranging interview with Investment Magazine, Fisher, who has been with ART and its predecessor fund Sunsuper for more than 13 years, says the return of 10.25 per cent, which the fund was able to deliver in its balanced option in 2023, was on the high side looking into the future.
But he says returns of 8-9 per cent were still possible over the longer term – a much more optimistic scenario than expected given many funds have warned members to be prepared for larger falls in investment returns.
