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MARCH KEY FIGURES

	Mar Qtr 2007	Dec Qtr 2007	Mar Qtr 2008
CONSOLIDATED ASSETS	$m	$m	$m
Superannuation funds	716 616	801 847	752 153
Public unit trusts	270 638	287 424	272 118
Life insurance offices(a)	198 105	201 887	184 762
All other managed funds	55 296	61 266	61 856
Total	1 240 655	1 352 424	1 270 889
(a) Investments by superannuation funds which are held and administered by life insurance offices are included under life insurance offices.
Note: See note on consolidation in Explanatory Notes, paragraph 10.

Consolidated Assets, Type of institution

Consolidated Assets, Type of asset

• At 31 March 2008, total consolidated assets of managed funds institutions was $1,270.9b, a decrease of $81.5b (6%) on the revised December quarter 2007 figure of $1,352.4b.
• Consolidated assets of superannuation funds decreased by $49.7b (6%); life insurance offices decreased by $17.1b (8%); and public unit trusts decreased by $15.3b (5%). Consolidated assets of cash management trusts increased by $0.7b (1%), while those of common funds and friendly societies remained virtually unchanged.
• Investment in equities and units in trusts decreased by $58.6b (10%) and assets overseas decreased by $22.9b (8%). Cash and deposits increased by $2.3b (2%), as did land and buildings by $2.3b (2%). During the March quarter 2008, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 15.5%, the price of foreign shares (represented by the US S&P 500) fell 9.9% and the A$ appreciated against the US$ by 4.13%.
• At 31 March 2008, investment managers had $1,179.4b in funds under management, down $84.2b (7%) on the revised December quarter 2007 figure of $1,263.6b. They managed $817.8b (64%) of the consolidated assets of managed funds institutions.