Investments included in the AFIC portfolio are selected for their profitability and long-term growth prospects.

A list of AFIC’s 25 largest holdings as at 31 December 2009 is set out in the following table.

Top 25 Investments – Ordinary Securities


Valued at closing prices at 31 December 2009

Total Value
$ million

1

*BHP

BHP Billiton

614.6

2 CBA

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

464.7
3 WBC

Westpac Banking Corporation

461.4
4

RIO

Rio Tinto

267.6

5

NAB

National Australian Bank

239.0

6

WES

Wesfarmers (a)

236.5

7

WOW Woolworths 173.7

8

TLS

Telstra Corporation

171.7

9

ANZ

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group

146.1

10

WPL

Woodside Petroleum

123.2

11 QBE

QBE Insurance Group

103.3
12

*STO

Santos

95.8

13

CPU

Computershare

93.4

14

AMC

Amcor

89.7

15

*OSH

Oil Search

85.5

16

ORG

Origin Energy

81.6

17

TOL

Toll Holdings

69.9

18

*AMP

AMP

69.9

19

ORI

Orica

65.4

20

WAN

West Australian Newspapers Holdings

64.9

21

IPL

Incitec Pivot

64.2

22

AGK

AGL Energy

60.3

23

BXB

Brambles

58.1

24

TCL

Transurban Group

54.4

25

AXA

AXA Asia-Pacific Holdings

53.3

Total

4,008.2

As % of Total Portfolio Value
Excludes cash and bank bills

81.7%

* Indicates that options were outstanding against part or all of the holding in the Trading Portfolio

(a) Includes $43.7 million of WESN partially protected securities