This article lists the 20 most popular ETFs invested in by SMSFs as of 30 June 2025. We thank Class, an SMSF administration software company, who have provided the data used in this article.
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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to cement their role in SMSF portfolios, with more than one in three (34.1%) Class SMSFs holding them, and the only major asset class to grow in popularity in 2024–25.
This puts ETFs ahead of traditional managed funds (31.5% of Class SMSFs) and direct property (26.7%), despite being a relatively young investment product.
ETFs were launched in the US in the 1990s and took off globally in the noughties. Global assets under management reached a phenomenal US$17 trillion as at June 2025.
In Australia, there were 388 ETFs listed on the ASX and 39 listed on Cboe Australia, valued at more than $272 billion, up $33 billion in the year to June 2025.
As the name suggests, ETFs can be bought and sold on the ASX like ordinary shares but offer the diversification of managed funds.
Each ETF is designed to reflect the performance of a particular market – whether that’s a share index such as the ASX200 or the S&P500, a grouping of national markets such as Emerging Markets, an industry such as Healthcare or an asset class such as Global Fixed Interest.
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