Aware Super Defensive
What Aware Super's Defensive option holds, as disclosed at 30 June 2026. Source: Aware Super portfolio holdings disclosure.
Aware Super's main (default) option is High Growth, shown on the Aware Super page with changes over time. This option is shown for reference and is not counted in the site's totals.
Option size
$2.6bn
sum of disclosed assets
Listed shares
$355.4m
14% of the option
ASX holdings
$126.0m
322 stocks
Overseas shares
$241.5m
1,829 companies
Top ASX holdings
| Stock | Value | % of register |
|---|---|---|
| BHP BHP Group | $15.2m | 0.01% |
| CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia | $12.3m | 0.00% |
| WBC Westpac Banking Corporation | $5.4m | 0.00% |
| NAB National Australia Bank | $5.2m | 0.00% |
| ANZ ANZ Group Holdings | $5.0m | 0.00% |
| MQG Macquarie Group | $4.8m | 0.00% |
| WES Wesfarmers | $4.1m | 0.00% |
| RIO RIO Tinto | $3.4m | 0.01% |
| CSL CSL | $2.8m | 0.01% |
| TLS Telstra Group | $2.8m | 0.00% |
| GMG Goodman Group | $2.8m | 0.00% |
| WDS Woodside Energy Group | $2.6m | 0.00% |
| WOW Woolworths Group | $2.4m | 0.00% |
| TCL Transurban Group | $2.1m | 0.00% |
| QBE QBE Insurance Group | $1.9m | 0.01% |
| BXB Brambles | $1.7m | 0.01% |
| ALL Aristocrat Leisure | $1.6m | 0.00% |
| FMG Fortescue | $1.5m | 0.00% |
| COL Coles Group | $1.4m | 0.00% |
| LLC Lendlease Group | $1.3m | 0.06% |
| NST Northern Star Resources | $1.3m | 0.00% |
| RMD Resmed | $1.2m | 0.00% |
| ORG Origin Energy | $1.1m | 0.01% |
| STO Santos | $1.1m | 0.00% |
| FPH Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation | $1.1m | 0.01% |
Where the option is invested
Overseas shares
Top overseas holdings
| Company | Value | % of listed shares |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia NVDA | $10.7m | 2.90% |
| Alphabet (Google) GOOG | $9.7m | 2.63% |
| Apple AAPL | $8.6m | 2.34% |
| Microsoft MSFT | $7.3m | 1.98% |
| Amazon.com AMZN | $6.9m | 1.88% |
| TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) 2330 | $6.5m | 1.76% |
| Meta Platforms (Facebook) META | $4.2m | 1.15% |
| Samsung Electronics 005930 | $3.7m | 1.01% |
| Broadcom AVGO | $3.6m | 0.99% |
| ASML ASML | $2.7m | 0.74% |
| Micron Technology MU | $2.7m | 0.73% |
| Applied Materials AMAT | $2.5m | 0.69% |
| JPMorgan Chase JPM | $2.1m | 0.58% |
| Tesla TSLA | $1.9m | 0.53% |
| Visa V | $1.7m | 0.47% |
| Eli Lilly LLY | $1.7m | 0.47% |
| Advanced Micro Devices AMD | $1.7m | 0.46% |
| SK Hynix 000660 | $1.6m | 0.44% |
| Bank of America BAC | $1.5m | 0.42% |
| UnitedHealth Group UNH | $1.4m | 0.39% |
Listed shares by country
Country where the company is based (from its ISIN or home listing), not where the shares trade.
How much is Aware Super Defensive invested in the US, China or India?
- Australia: $126.1m, 34.3% of Aware Super's Defensive option's listed shares, at 30 June 2026.
- The US: $150.5m in companies based in the US, 41.0% of its listed shares.
- The UK: $9.7m in companies based in the UK, 2.7% of its listed shares.
- Japan: $11.3m in companies based in Japan, 3.1% of its listed shares.
- China: $2.4m in companies based in China, 0.66% of its listed shares.
- India: $2.3m in companies based in India, 0.63% of its listed shares.
- Taiwan: $9.4m in companies based in Taiwan, 2.6% of its listed shares.
- The Netherlands: $6.9m in companies based in the Netherlands, 1.9% of its listed shares.
- South Korea: $6.7m in companies based in South Korea, 1.8% of its listed shares.
Many Chinese companies are incorporated in the Cayman Islands or listed in Hong Kong, and count there: Hong Kong 0.20% and Cayman Islands 0.87%.