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Strong super returns meet a new oil price shock

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Australian superannuation funds have delivered another year of strong gains, with Chant West reporting the median growth option returned 9.5 per cent in the last financial year, lifting cumulative returns to 44 per cent over four years. Mano Mohankumar, Head of Super Investments at Chant West, explains what drove the better-than-expected performance and why diversification continues to pay off. Plus, Raymond Chan, Head of Asian Desk at Morgans, unpacks a flat session for the Australian sharemarket as technology stocks weakened on China's latest AI developments while energy shares rallied after Brent crude climbed above US$90 a barrel, and explains what he's telling clients amid the latest market volatility.

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