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Most popular investments for SMSFs

Most popular investments for SMSFs

In this section you can find the most popular investments for SMSFs, including the top 20 Australian shares, international shares, managed fund and ETFs.

Set out below are the latest guides that relate to most popular investments for smsfs.

Which asset classes are popular with SMSFs?

Which asset classes are popular with SMSFs?

1 April 2025

Control and flexibility are popular reasons for starting an SMSF, and a close look at where trustees are investing shows they are making good use of these attributes.

SMSF investment: 20 most popular LICs/LITs

SMSF investment: 20 most popular LICs/LITs

24 September 2024

They may have lost ground to newer investment products such as ETFs, but listed investment companies and trusts are still prized by many SMSF investors.

SMSF investment: 20 most popular managed funds

SMSF investment: 20 most popular managed funds

24 September 2024

Despite the inroads made by ETFs in recent years, traditional managed funds remain popular with SMSFs seeking easy access to global shares and fixed interest.

SMSF investment: 20 most popular international shares

SMSF investment: 20 most popular international shares

24 September 2024

While the number of SMSFs investing directly in global shares is still relatively small, the booming tech sector is attracting an increasing number of those that do.

SMSF investment: 20 most popular Australian shares

SMSF investment: 20 most popular Australian shares

24 September 2024

SMSF investors continued their love affair with dividend-paying Australian shares in the year to June 2024, with all the usual suspects in the top 20.

SMSF investment: 20 most popular ETFs

SMSF investment: 20 most popular ETFs

24 September 2024

ETFs were the fastest growing asset class among SMSF investors in the year to June 2024, with a surge of inflows to international shares driven by booming tech stocks.

SMSFs: Top 10 alternative investments

SMSFs: Top 10 alternative investments

22 January 2019

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.

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