Super funds with the lowest fees
Discover the cheapest super funds overall, funds with the lowest fees for each investment category, as well the most expensive super funds.
Articles by Barbara Drury
SMSFs structures: Corporate or individual trustee?
Corporate trustees are becoming increasingly popular with SMSFs, but an individual trustee structure also has its merits.
Your Future, Your Super: What it means for you
After much haggling, the Government’s latest package of super reforms aimed at tackling high fees and low performance has passed through parliament.
2020–21 year in review: A dramatic recovery
After the coronavirus recession of early 2020, the strength of the economic recovery and investment returns defied all expectations, in a good way.
SMSFs reserves: What are the rules?
There are legitimate reasons for maintaining reserves in your SMSF, but the ATO is keen to point out that avoiding tax is not one of them.
Member services: What separates the best super funds from the rest?
Member services have the potential to rev up your super returns, so check what’s on offer.
Super fund fees: Do lower fees mean better net returns?
Fees are important, but they are not the only thing driving superannuation’s investment returns.
2020 year in review, 2021 preview
After a tumultuous year that rocked lives and livelihoods, investors have cause for cautious optimism in the year ahead.
2019-20 year in review
It was a year when it felt like an achievement just to make it to the other side.
The SMSF trustee declaration explained
An SMSF trustee declaration is an Australian Taxation Office (ATO) document that summarises the duties and obligations of an SMSF trustee or director.
2019 year in review
Shares at record highs and interest rates at record lows. One of the defining aspects of 2019 was the flight to higher risk assets in pursuit of higher returns.
How the rich invest
Have you ever wondered how the rich invest? Very cautiously is the answer.
2018-19 year in review
As we look back over the 2018/19 financial year, it was a year in two halves.
SMSFs: Top 10 alternative investments
SMSF trustees are often accused of being unadventurous in their asset allocation, but some are bucking the trend with ‘exotic’ investments in everything from horse semen to vending machines and dividend-paying cows.
