Russell Investments Defensive
What Russell Investments Master Trust's Defensive option holds, as disclosed at 30 June 2026. Source: Russell Investments portfolio holdings disclosure.
Russell Investments's main (default) option is GoalTracker (MySuper), shown on the Russell Investments page with changes over time. This option is shown for reference and is not counted in the site's totals.
Option size
$628.0m
sum of disclosed assets
Listed shares
$165.5m
26% of the option
ASX holdings
$61.6m
325 stocks
Overseas shares
$108.6m
1,791 companies
Top ASX holdings
| Stock | Value | % of register |
|---|---|---|
| BHP BHP Group | $6.9m | 0.00% |
| CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia | $4.8m | 0.00% |
| NAB National Australia Bank | $2.7m | 0.00% |
| ANZ ANZ Group Holdings | $2.4m | 0.00% |
| MQG Macquarie Group | $2.3m | 0.00% |
| WBC Westpac Banking Corporation | $2.2m | 0.00% |
| WES Wesfarmers | $1.8m | 0.00% |
| GMG Goodman Group | $1.4m | 0.00% |
| CSL CSL | $1.3m | 0.00% |
| TLS Telstra Group | $1.2m | 0.00% |
| RIO RIO Tinto | $1.2m | 0.00% |
| ALL Aristocrat Leisure | $1.1m | 0.00% |
| WDS Woodside Energy Group | $1.0m | 0.00% |
| QBE QBE Insurance Group | $898k | 0.00% |
| WOW Woolworths Group | $892k | 0.00% |
| JHX James Hardie Industries | $694k | 0.00% |
| STO Santos | $671k | 0.00% |
| SUN Suncorp Group | $629k | 0.00% |
| FMG Fortescue | $564k | 0.00% |
| COL Coles Group | $564k | 0.00% |
| BSL Bluescope Steel | $564k | 0.00% |
| S32 South32 | $559k | 0.00% |
| SFR Sandfire Resources | $541k | 0.01% |
| CHC Charter Hall Group | $523k | 0.00% |
| ORG Origin Energy | $521k | 0.00% |
Where the option is invested
Overseas shares
Top overseas holdings
| Company | Value | % of listed shares |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia NVDA | $4.5m | 2.63% |
| Alphabet (Google) GOOG | $4.1m | 2.41% |
| TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) 2330 | $3.7m | 2.20% |
| Apple AAPL | $3.4m | 2.00% |
| Microsoft MSFT | $2.5m | 1.49% |
| Amazon.com AMZN | $2.4m | 1.41% |
| Samsung Electronics 005930 | $2.1m | 1.22% |
| Meta Platforms (Facebook) META | $1.5m | 0.91% |
| Broadcom AVGO | $1.4m | 0.81% |
| SK Hynix 000660 | $1.3m | 0.74% |
| ASML ASML | $1.2m | 0.73% |
| Micron Technology MU | $1.0m | 0.61% |
| Tesla TSLA | $835k | 0.49% |
| Mastercard MA | $822k | 0.48% |
| Applied Materials AMAT | $801k | 0.47% |
| JPMorgan Chase JPM | $736k | 0.43% |
| Johnson & Johnson JNJ | $701k | 0.41% |
| Eli Lilly LLY | $700k | 0.41% |
| Advanced Micro Devices AMD | $679k | 0.40% |
| Visa V | $608k | 0.36% |
Listed shares by country
Country where the company is based (from its ISIN or home listing), not where the shares trade.
How much is Russell Investments Defensive invested in the US, China or India?
- Australia: $61.6m, 36.2% of Russell Investments's Defensive option's listed shares, at 30 June 2026.
- The US: $61.8m in companies based in the US, 36.3% of its listed shares.
- The UK: $3.7m in companies based in the UK, 2.1% of its listed shares.
- Japan: $6.8m in companies based in Japan, 4.0% of its listed shares.
- China: $1.8m in companies based in China, 1.1% of its listed shares.
- India: $1.5m in companies based in India, 0.91% of its listed shares.
- Taiwan: $5.2m in companies based in Taiwan, 3.1% of its listed shares.
- South Korea: $4.3m in companies based in South Korea, 2.5% of its listed shares.
- Canada: $2.7m in companies based in Canada, 1.6% of its listed shares.
Many Chinese companies are incorporated in the Cayman Islands or listed in Hong Kong, and count there: Hong Kong 0.24% and Cayman Islands 1.2%.
Russell Investments's other options
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