Motley Fool Money · Saturday, September 5, 2026
Andrew points out that Australia's various Future Funds have underperformed market benchmarks since their inception. He acknowledges this might be unfair due to the funds' liquidity requirements and conservative benchmarking, but notes the distinction between maximizing returns and managing volatility.
“Oh, I don't know. I just the observation that they've all underperformed the markets since inception.”
“Um, that's probably a little unfair because they do have liquidity requirements and they're actually benchmarked against more, um, conservative things.”
“So I think I'm I'm being a little unfairly facetious there because it's it's there is absolutely maximizing your returns and there's also making sure that it's not too volatile.”