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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Butler

AustralianSuper’s $300m of Russian investments plunge as sanctions bite

The logo of Russia’s largest lender Sberbank
A dramatic collapse in the share price of Sberbank has already torn a $137m hole in the value of AustralianSuper’s Russian investments. Photograph: Jure Makovec/AFP/Getty Images

The value of Russian investments held by Australia’s biggest super fund, AustralianSuper, has plummeted as sanctions and economic panic following the invasion of Ukraine ravage what was a $300m portfolio.

On Wednesday afternoon AustralianSuper, which has assets of about $245bn and looks after the retirement savings of 2.5 million people, had yet to decide whether to join other Australian funds in dumping Russian stocks.

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