MARCH KEY FIGURES
| | Dec Qtr 2015 | Mar Qtr 2016 |
| | $m | $m |
|
Total managed funds industry | 2 654 921 | 2 633 102 |
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions | 2 086 165 | 2 069 294 |
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions | 538 698 | 531 667 |
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions | 2 624 862 | 2 600 961 |
| | |
| Life insurance corporations | 297 723 | 291 579 |
| Superannuation (pension) funds | 1 957 459 | 1 941 818 |
| Public offer (retail) unit trusts | 319 349 | 317 201 |
| All other managed funds institutions | 50 332 | 50 363 |
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Managed Funds
| Unconsolidated Assets, by type of institution
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MARCH KEY POINTS
TOTAL MANAGED FUNDS INDUSTRY
- At 31 March 2016, the managed funds industry had $2,633.1b funds under management, a decrease of $21.8b (1%) on the December quarter 2015 figure of $2,654.9b.
- The main valuation effects that occurred during the March quarter 2016 were as follows: the S&P/ASX 200 decreased 4.0%; the price of foreign shares, as represented by the MSCI World Index excluding Australia, decreased 0.9%; and the A$ appreciated 4.8% against the US$.
CONSOLIDATED ASSETS OF MANAGED FUNDS INSTITUTIONS
- At 31 March 2016, the consolidated assets of managed funds institutions were $2,069.3b, a decrease of $16.9b (1%) on the December quarter 2015 figure of $2,086.2b.
- The asset types that decreased were overseas assets, $10.8b (3%); units in trusts, $5.9b (3%); shares, $5.9b (1%); deposits, $1.0b (0%) and loans and placements, $0.3b (1%). These were partially offset by increases in short term securities, $2.2b (2%); other financial assets, $2.1b (7%); bonds, etc., $1.1b (1%); land, buildings and equipment, $1.1b (0%); other non-financial assets, $0.3b (3%) and derivatives, $0.2b (5%).
CROSS INVESTED ASSETS
- At 31 March 2016, there were $531.7b of assets cross invested between managed funds institutions.
UNCONSOLIDATED ASSETS
- At 31 March 2016, the unconsolidated assets of superannuation (pension) funds decreased $15.6b (1%), life insurance corporations decreased $6.1b (2%); public offer (retail) unit trusts decreased $2.1b (1%) and friendly societies decreased $0.1b (2%). Cash management trusts increased $0.2b (0%). Common funds were flat.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
June 2016 | 25 August 2016 |
September 2016 | 24 November 2016 |
December 2016 | 23 February 2017 |
March 2017 | 25 May 2017 |
REVISIONS
There have been revisions as a result of the receipt of revised administrative data, survey data and due to the inclusion of new survey respondents.
- Table 3 Life insurance corporations - revised back to the December quarter 2015.
- Table 4 Superannuation (pension) funds - revised back to the March quarter 2014.
- Table 5 Public offer (retail) unit trusts - revised back to the September quarter 2015.
- Table 6 Friendly Societies - no revisions.
- Table 7 Common funds - no revisions.
- Table 8 Cash management trusts - revised back to the December quarter 2015.
- Table 9 Resident Investment Managers - revised back to the March quarter 2014.
SUPERANNUATION DATA
As the ABS has previously advised, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) introduced an enhanced set of reporting forms for Registrable Superannuation Entities (RSEs) from September quarter 2013. A number of data items provided from the new APRA collections significantly deviate from the previous ones, both in concept and definition. Where the impact on an affected series could not be estimated, the ABS has been moving forward the affected series using cautiously chosen indicators derived from other ABS collections that have a very strong historical correlation to these series. This methodology will continue to be applied until additional superannuation data collection requirements can be implemented by APRA which satisfy the conceptual and definitional requirements of the ABS. Users are advised to continue exercising caution when using superannuation data in this publication.
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