SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES
| | Jun Qtr 2014 | Sep Qtr 2014 |
| | $m | $m |
|
Total managed funds industry | 2 412 842 | 2 439 473 |
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions | 1 902 742 | 1 922 739 |
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions | 474 708 | 484 722 |
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions | 2 377 450 | 2 407 462 |
| | |
| Life insurance corporations | 281 192 | 284 146 |
| Superannuation (pension) funds | 1 765 001 | 1 789 318 |
| Public offer (retail) unit trusts | 294 221 | 296 156 |
| All other managed funds institutions | 37 036 | 37 842 |
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Managed Funds
| Unconsolidated Assets, by type of institution
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SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS
TOTAL MANAGED FUNDS INDUSTRY
- At 30 September 2014, the managed funds industry had $2,439.5b funds under management, an increase of $26.6b (1%) on the June quarter 2014 figure of $2,412.8b.
- The main valuation effects that occurred during the September quarter 2014 were as follows: the S&P/ASX 200 decreased 1.9%; the price of foreign shares, as represented by the MSCI World Index excluding Australia, increased 2.4%; and the A$ depreciated 7.6% against the US$.
CONSOLIDATED ASSETS OF MANAGED FUNDS INSTITUTIONS
- At 30 September 2014, the consolidated assets of managed funds institutions were $1,922.7b, an increase of $20.0b (1%) on the June quarter 2014 figure of $1,902.7b.
- The asset types that increased were overseas assets, $16.8b (5%); deposits, $4.4b (2%); short term securities, $2.5b (3%); units in trusts, $2.3b (1%); land, buildings and equipment, $0.6b (0%); and shares, $0.1b (0%). These were partially offset by decreases in other financial assets, $5.8b (16%); bonds, etc., $0.5b (0%); other non-financial assets, $0.2b (2%); and loans and placements, $0.2b (0%). Derivatives were flat.
CROSS INVESTED ASSETS
- At 30 September 2014, there were $484.7b of assets cross invested between managed funds institutions.
UNCONSOLIDATED ASSETS
- At 30 September 2014, the unconsolidated assets of superannuation (pension) funds increased $24.3b (1%), life insurance corporations increased $3.0b (1%), public offer (retail) unit trusts increased $1.9b (1%), cash management trusts increased $0.6b (2%), common funds increased $0.2b (2%), and friendly societies increased $0.1b (1%).
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
December 2014 | 26 February 2015 |
March 2015 | 28 May 2015 |
June 2015 | 27 August 2015 |
September 2015 | 26 November 2015 |
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 for June quarter 2014.
- Table 4 Superannuation (pension) funds - revised back to December quarter 2008.
- Table 5 Public offer (retail) unit trusts - revised back to March quarter 2014.
- Table 6 Friendly Societies - no revisions.
- Table 7 Common funds - revised for June quarter 2014.
- Table 8 Cash management trusts - revised back to March quarter 2009.
- Table 9 Resident Investment Managers - revised back to December quarter 2008.
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
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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