Coalition mulls limits to SMSF property leverage

Wednesday 29 July 2015

Earlier this month, The AFR reported that Australian self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are piling into Australian property, with investment up by 11% in the past year and by nearly 60% since 2011:

The big increase in property investment by SMSFs is highlighted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in its submission to a parliamentary inquiry on home ownership.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.