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ASX 09-Jan-11

The build-up of cash in term deposits has sparked considerable debate. On one hand, given the rates offered and the security provided, the trend is understandable and clearly investors voted with their hip pockets in 2011. The deliberate shift to cash is a trend likely to continue in the New Year.

Investment Trends research data from May 20112 showed that SMSF investors held a total of $39 billion in “excess cash” (cash that would normally be invested in other assets if not for market volatility) and a further $113 billion in cash invested as a deliberate asset allocation decision.

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