Strategies around structural financing or capital funding were the next major pioneering stage for SMSFs, a sector expert has said.

Market volatility could lead to opportunity for patient investors, according to a fund manager specialising in contrarian strategies.

Investors needed to tune out from industry noise when making investment decisions to strengthen portfolios and prevent churning, AMP head of investment strategy and chief economist Dr Shane Oliver has said.

When assessing the use of fund managers, investors should not look at the choice between active and passive management as mutually exclusive because that mindset might cause them to miss out on valuable return opportunities, according to a senior financial services executive.