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Managed Funds, Australia

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Statistics on the assets and liabilities of financial institutions that pool funds for investment, classified by type of financial instrument

Reference period

June 2020

Released

3/09/2020

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Key statistics

Managed funds under management rose $103.6b (2.8%) in June.
Consolidated assets of managed funds institutions rose $80.1b (2.7%).
Cross invested assets fell $26.3b (-5.3%) to $467.6b.
Unconsolidated assets rose $53.7b (1.6%) to $3,513.9b.

Main features

		Mar Qtr 2020	Jun Qtr 2020	Mar Qtr 2020 to Jun Qtr 2020
		$m	$m	%
Total managed funds industry		3 713 355	3 816 933	2.8
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions		2 966 217	3 046 279	2.7
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions		493 919	467 599	-5.3
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions		3 460 136	3 513 878	1.6
	Life insurance corporations	187 251	126 503	-32.4
	Superannuation (pension) funds	2 808 849	2 914 899	3.8
	Public offer (retail) unit trusts	403 183	409 406	1.5
	All other managed funds institutions	60 854	63 071	3.6

Analysis

Managed funds industry

The Managed Funds industry as at 30 June 2020 had $3,816.9b funds under management. This comprised of:

Managed funds industry* - source of funds
	Resident Investment Managers; Sourced from Other Resident Sources ($b)	Resident Investment Managers; Sourced from Managed Funds Institutions ($b)	Resident Investment Managers; Sourced from Overseas ($b)	Managed Funds Institutions; Directly Invested or Placed with Non-Resident Investment Managers ($b)
Jun-15	532.4	1,059.7	93.6	1,031.8
Sep-15	526.9	1,061.3	92.0	1,013.2
Dec-15	544.8	1,089.2	91.3	1,046.7
Mar-16	542.5	1,080.6	89.6	1,038.1
Jun-16	545.0	1,106.9	98.0	1,075.0
Sep-16	561.1	1,199.3	102.1	1,234.5
Dec-16	570.2	1,243.5	106.4	1,238.3
Mar-17	569.1	1,269.4	112.0	1,264.6
Jun-17	581.7	1,299.6	115.0	1,304.2
Sep-17	588.1	1,321.5	118.6	1,308.0
Dec-17	606.0	1,361.4	122.6	1,344.1
Mar-18	606.2	1,370.0	124.7	1,343.0
Jun-18	620.1	1,408.6	123.1	1,363.4
Sep-18	628.1	1,450.6	124.4	1,381.6
Dec-18	598.5	1,394.1	118.6	1,338.9
Mar-19	648.2	1,483.9	125.6	1,392.0
Jun-19	655.1	1,540.9	125.9	1,451.1
Sep-19	664.3	1,581.7	130.1	1,485.0
Dec-19	685.3	1,616.0	142.8	1,503.3
Mar-20	624.3	1,500.7	134.6	1,453.8
Jun-20	650.5	1,491.6	132.4	1,542.4

Managed funds industry* - source of funds

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*Resident investment managers placements with other resident investment managers are deducted when deriving the size of the total managed funds industry

Superannuation (pension) funds

Total unconsolidated assets of superannuation funds rose $106.1b (3.8%) to $2,914.9b during the June quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

units in trusts rose $94.5b (9.8%)
shares rose $68.9b (18.6%)
net equity of pension funds in life office reserves fell $56.9b (-74.5%)
short term securities rose $8.0b (14.9%)
assets overseas fell $6.7b (-1.3%)
other financial assets fell $5.2b (-2.3%)

Total assets of superannuation (pension) funds; percentage growth
	Quarterly % movement
Jun-15	0.0
Sep-15	-1.3
Dec-15	3.0
Mar-16	-0.7
Jun-16	4.0
Sep-16	12.4
Dec-16	1.9
Mar-17	2.9
Jun-17	2.8
Sep-17	1.2
Dec-17	3.0
Mar-18	0.3
Jun-18	3.5
Sep-18	2.1
Dec-18	-4.2
Mar-19	5.9
Jun-19	4.0
Sep-19	2.8
Dec-19	1.7
Mar-20	-7.0
Jun-20	3.8

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Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Total unconsolidated assets of public offer (retail) trusts rose $6.2b (1.5%) to $409.4b during the June quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

shares rose $6.4b (20.8%)
land, buildings and equipment fell $6.0b (-4.1%)
units in trusts rose $5.5b (6.0%)
assets overseas rose $1.6b (2.7%)
loans and placements fell $1.6b (-5.1%)

Cross investment within public offer (retail) unit trusts rose $1.5b (4.1%) to $36.8b

Total assets of public offer (retail) unit trusts; percentage growth
	Quarterly % movement
Jun-15	0.5
Sep-15	-0.7
Dec-15	3.5
Mar-16	-1.1
Jun-16	1.1
Sep-16	2.2
Dec-16	2.0
Mar-17	0.1
Jun-17	0.9
Sep-17	1.6
Dec-17	4.5
Mar-18	-0.4
Jun-18	-4.3
Sep-18	2.0
Dec-18	-2.6
Mar-19	3.1
Jun-19	1.3
Sep-19	2.2
Dec-19	3.0
Mar-20	-3.6
Jun-20	1.5

Total assets of public offer (retail) unit trusts; percentage growth

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Life insurance

Total unconsolidated assets of life insurance corporations fell $60.7b (-32.4%) to $126.5b during the June quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

units in trusts fell $57.1b (-58.0%)
shares fell $2.8b (-15.5%)
loans and placements fell $1.6b (-24.8%)
deposits fell $1.6b (-22.8%)
bonds rose $1.3b (4.9%)

Total assets of life insurance corporations; percentage growth
	Quarterly % movement
Jun-15	-2.1
Sep-15	-1.7
Dec-15	1.7
Mar-16	-2.0
Jun-16	0.0
Sep-16	-22.4
Dec-16	0.6
Mar-17	0.0
Jun-17	1.2
Sep-17	0.0
Dec-17	1.4
Mar-18	-1.1
Jun-18	0.7
Sep-18	-0.2
Dec-18	-4.4
Mar-19	3.9
Jun-19	-13.5
Sep-19	-0.5
Dec-19	-0.1
Mar-20	-8.8
Jun-20	-32.4

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All other managed funds institutions

Total unconsolidated assets of:

friendly societies rose $0.4b (4.9%) to $7.7b
common funds rose $0.4b (3.9%) to $10.8b
cash management trusts rose $1.5b (3.4%) to $44.5b

Revisions

Table 1 Summary managed funds industry - revised back to the September quarter 2013.
Table 2 Summary managed funds institutions - revised back to the September quarter 2013.
Table 3 Life insurance offices - revised back to the December quarter 2019.
Table 4 Superannuation (pension) funds - revised back to the September quarter 2016.
Table 5 Public offer (retail) unit trusts - revised back to the September quarter 2013.
Table 6 Friendly Societies - no revisions.
Table 7 Common funds - no revisions.
Table 8 Cash management trusts - no revisions.
Table 9 Resident Investment Managers - revised back to the September quarter 2016.

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Table 1. Summary managed funds industry, consolidated assets, total funds under management at end of period

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Table 2. Summary managed funds institutions, assets at end of period

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Table 3. Life insurance offices, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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Table 4. Superannuation funds, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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Table 5. Public unit trusts, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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Table 6. Friendly societies, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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Table 7. Common funds, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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Table 8. Cash management trusts, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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Table 9. Investment managers, source of funds, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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This release previously used catalogue number 5655.0.

Methodology

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Managed Funds, Australia

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Key statistics

Main features

Analysis

Managed funds industry

Superannuation (pension) funds

Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Life insurance

All other managed funds institutions

Revisions

Privacy

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Table 1. Summary managed funds industry, consolidated assets, total funds under management at end of period

Table 2. Summary managed funds institutions, assets at end of period

Table 3. Life insurance offices, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

Table 4. Superannuation funds, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

Table 5. Public unit trusts, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

Table 6. Friendly societies, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

Table 7. Common funds, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

Table 8. Cash management trusts, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

Table 9. Investment managers, source of funds, unconsolidated assets, amounts outstanding at end of period

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