MarketsEquity MarketsManaged fundsPrint articleThe Australian investors who hit the jackpot in 2024Joshua PeachData journalistUpdated Jan 22, 2025 – 12.47pm, first published at 12.17pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginIt was a battle between stock pickers and cryptocurrency crusaders late last year with just one equity manager managing to beat the meme-coin mania to take the crown of Australia’s best-performing investment fund in 2024.For a second year running, funds exposed to cryptocurrencies were among the top-performing active strategies in the country, in some cases charting triple-digit returns.Loading...Joshua Peach is a data journalist at The Australian Financial Review Email Joshua at joshua.peach@nine.com.auSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreManaged fundsStock pickingBitcoinCryptocurrenciesInvestingSharemarketLatest In Equity marketsFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In MarketsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineIt’s the coolest chalet in Switzerland – though not for everyoneMatthew DrummondHotel dining used to be bland. Now it’s reinventing room service2 top Melbourne creatives join forces for a new restaurantBOSS Financial ReviewThe CEO of this $7b company is doubling his workforce – by using AIPatrick DurkinThis executive tripled his salary in 5 years. Here is how he did itHow a banker, coal owner and pokies baron passed the ESG pub testLife & LeisureThis Sydney financier dreams of hitting the road with David Beckham42 mins agoLife & LeisureThis Aston Martin can be tailored to your taste – but it will cost youThis re-released best-selling handbag is now yours for $9450Rich ListToorak Rich Listers caught up in mansion fireHannah Wootton‘How very Sydney’: Justin Hemmes forced to unleash charm offensiveBillionaire Geminder mulls asset sales at struggling Pro-Pac business