Hostplus Defensive
What Hostplus's Defensive option holds, as disclosed at 30 June 2026. Source: Hostplus portfolio holdings disclosure.
Hostplus's main (default) option is Balanced, shown on the Hostplus page with changes over time. This option is shown for reference and is not counted in the site's totals.
Option size
$244.9m
sum of disclosed assets
Listed shares
$24.2m
10% of the option
ASX holdings
$10.2m
325 stocks
Overseas shares
$14.1m
2,569 companies
Top ASX holdings
| Stock | Value | % of register |
|---|---|---|
| BHP BHP Group | $885k | 0.00% |
| CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia | $557k | 0.00% |
| MQG Macquarie Group | $305k | 0.00% |
| NAB National Australia Bank | $230k | 0.00% |
| ANZ ANZ Group Holdings | $228k | 0.00% |
| RIO RIO Tinto | $200k | 0.00% |
| CSL CSL | $193k | 0.00% |
| QAN Qantas Airways | $189k | 0.00% |
| GMG Goodman Group | $176k | 0.00% |
| WBC Westpac Banking Corporation | $175k | 0.00% |
| QBE QBE Insurance Group | $172k | 0.00% |
| TLS Telstra Group | $157k | 0.00% |
| JHX James Hardie Industries | $134k | 0.00% |
| RHC Ramsay Health Care | $129k | 0.00% |
| WOW Woolworths Group | $121k | 0.00% |
| BSL Bluescope Steel | $121k | 0.00% |
| ALL Aristocrat Leisure | $120k | 0.00% |
| WES Wesfarmers | $118k | 0.00% |
| BXB Brambles | $117k | 0.00% |
| RMD Resmed | $116k | 0.00% |
| CWY Cleanaway Waste Management | $111k | 0.00% |
| DNL Dyno Nobel | $110k | 0.00% |
| DOW Downer Edi | $109k | 0.00% |
| ANN Ansell | $109k | 0.00% |
| WDS Woodside Energy Group | $108k | 0.00% |
Where the option is invested
Overseas shares
Top overseas holdings
| Company | Value | % of listed shares |
|---|---|---|
| TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) 2330 | $440k | 1.82% |
| Nvidia NVDA | $334k | 1.38% |
| ASML ASML | $325k | 1.34% |
| Alphabet (Google) GOOG | $267k | 1.10% |
| Samsung Electronics 005930 | $247k | 1.02% |
| SK Hynix 000660 | $245k | 1.01% |
| Amazon.com AMZN | $200k | 0.82% |
| Apple AAPL | $172k | 0.71% |
| Microsoft MSFT | $154k | 0.64% |
| Visa V | $139k | 0.57% |
| Micron Technology MU | $129k | 0.53% |
| Tencent Holdings 700 | $107k | 0.44% |
| Broadcom AVGO | $99k | 0.41% |
| CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology) 3750 | $91k | 0.37% |
| Booking Holdings BKNG | $88k | 0.36% |
| Philip Morris International PM | $87k | 0.36% |
| Citigroup C | $82k | 0.34% |
| NetEase 9999 | $75k | 0.31% |
| AppLovin APP | $71k | 0.29% |
| Johnson & Johnson JNJ | $71k | 0.29% |
Listed shares by country
Country where the company is based (from its ISIN or home listing), not where the shares trade.
How much is Hostplus Defensive invested in the US, China or India?
- Australia: $10.2m, 42.0% of Hostplus's Defensive option's listed shares, at 30 June 2026.
- The US: $6.1m in companies based in the US, 25.0% of its listed shares.
- The UK: $766k in companies based in the UK, 3.2% of its listed shares.
- Japan: $740k in companies based in Japan, 3.1% of its listed shares.
- China: $600k in companies based in China, 2.5% of its listed shares.
- India: $298k in companies based in India, 1.2% of its listed shares.
- Taiwan: $719k in companies based in Taiwan, 3.0% of its listed shares.
- South Korea: $711k in companies based in South Korea, 2.9% of its listed shares.
- The Netherlands: $631k in companies based in the Netherlands, 2.6% of its listed shares.
Many Chinese companies are incorporated in the Cayman Islands or listed in Hong Kong, and count there: Hong Kong 0.43% and Cayman Islands 2.2%.
Hostplus's other options
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