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Proof that SMSFs outperform when markets tank

New research shows SMSFs outperformed regular funds by 4.1 percentage points in the 2021-22 financial year.

Peter BurgessContributor

Feb 22, 2024 – 5.00am

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Self-managed superannuation fund members can take great solace from the University of Adelaide’s International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) research showing they outperformed regular funds by 4.1 percentage points in the 2021-22 financial year.

SMSFs demonstrated – again – that they outperform when markets are going south.

Peter Burgess is CEO of the SMSF Association.