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How do SMSFs invest?

How do SMSFs invest?

Nobody is suggesting you should follow the crowd. But it’s always interesting to find out how the other half lives. Or more precisely, how other Australians are investing their super.

Are people who actively manage their retirement savings in a self-managed super fund (SMSF) doing things differently to members of large mainstream super funds? And, if so, where are they putting their money?

There are no comprehensive statistics on how Australians invest their super but there are glimpses of asset allocation patterns within the mainstream and SMSF sectors.

SMSF investment patterns

About the author

Barbara Drury

Barbara is a financial journalist and author with over 30 years’ experience in Australia and the UK. She is a contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Money section, and has worked for the Australian Financial Review and The Australian.

Barbara is the author of Alan Kohler’s Eureka Report Guide to Personal Investing, Sorting Out Your Finances for Dummies and Personal Finance for Dummies and co-author of Investing for Dummies with James Kirby.

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