[Smart Investing] Insights from the 2019 Vanguard / Investment Trends SMSF survey

Investment and personal finance insights from Vanguard Australia

17 July 2019

Insights from the 2019 Vanguard / Investment Trends SMSF survey The annual Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF Report collates responses from almost 5,000 SMSF trustees and close to 300 financial planners who advise SMSFs.     Read more

Beyond super: Our other personal investments Personal investors in total have almost as much outside super as inside super - a combined $5.5 trillion.     Read more

The valuable diversifiction benefits of international exposure With protests in Hong Kong and an unresolved trade war between the United States and China, this may not seem like a wise time to invest abroad.   Read more

Vanguard in the news Franking credit policy had silver lining Self Managed Super | Darin Tyson-Chan | 11 July 2019 Labor's proposed change to the franking credit refund rules in the lead-up to the May federal election did result in a positive development in the SMSF sector, a funds management executive has said. Vanguard Australia head of market strategy Robin Bowerman told a media briefing in Sydney today: "The debate around the franking credits and the change of policy came with a positive, which was it did bring [forward] the idea of SMSF trustees not being diversified enough. To read more, please visit the Self Managed Super website. Please note the link above will show a copy of the article (where freely available), or the publisher's website if a subscription is required. QUICK LINKS Exchange Traded Funds Retail managed funds CONNECT WITH US LinkedIn Twitter

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