Financial Standard Comments - New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property Self-managed super administration provider Multiport has launched a new package to help SMSF trustees gear property into SMSFs and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/feed/latest?story=12140922 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:50:09 +1000 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:50:09 +1000 en-AU Copyright 2026 Financial Standard 5 <![CDATA[ Comment by Stuart Jones - Rose & Jones Property Advisers () ]]> I understand the fore and against of direct property in the SMSF but I think it is clear that there is inertia in the SMSF space and this initiative by Multiport is a good one. I think one of the major reasons we have circa $3 trillion siiting in cash in SMSF funds is this inertia. But total returns on property are consistently good. After the property has been paid off in the super fund it can be lived in as i understand it...Atchison consulting produced a paper in 2007 (before the GFC) interestingly, if around 30% of a portfolio was in direct property negative returns went from 1 in 10 years to 1 in 44...volatility was also smoothed! Our investor clients didnt lose money on their property and it has proven tax effective, they did however lose on their stock market investments via their super...

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