SMSFs – who’s investing in what?

Here’s the latest snapshot from the ATO (out quarterly) of what SMSF Trustees are doing with their money:

• 516,925 total number of SMSFs representing 986,441 trustees
• Controlling 31.5% of all Super assets (up from 10% just a  decade ago) at over $531b
• Average fund balance over $1m
• As at Sept 13, 77% of all SMSF assets in direct Australian Shares (32.3%), Cash and Term Deposits (29%) and directly held Property (15.3%).
• The remaining 23% is spread across Unlisted Trusts (9.2%), Listed Trusts (3.6%), Other Managed Investments (4.3%) and remaining (6.3%) spread across 12 other categories.

Broken into SMSF size:

As against 10 years ago, cash has been the big winner against directly held shares (25% and 31% respectively), with property and trusts largely stagnant, though down from 10% for the $150-250K band.

How is your Fund positioned, and is it likely to change over the next 10 years?