SMSF fun facts…

• SMSFs are growing at the rate of around 2,600 new funds each month
• There are now 500,000-plus self-managed super funds in Australia
• 31% of all super now sits within an SMSF – the largest segment of the super industry
• There are now more than one million SMSF members in Australia
• 3,000 to 3,500 new SMSF trustees are created each month
• A further 1.4 million people plan to start their own fund within the next three years.

Source: ATO’s Self-managed superannuation fund statistical report 2014