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Managed Funds, Australia

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Statistics about money pooled for investment purposes in the managed funds industry

Reference period

March 2020

Released

4/06/2020

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Key statistics

Managed funds under management fell $231.7b (-5.9%) in March.
Consolidated assets of managed funds institutions fell $161.5b (-5.2%).
Cross invested assets fell $78.0b (-13.6%) to $495.7b.
Unconsolidated assets fell $239.5b (-6.5%) to $3,469.2b.

Main features

		Dec Qtr 2019	Mar Qtr 2020	Dec Qtr 2019 to Mar Qtr 2020
		$m	$m	%
Total managed funds industry		3 949 988	3 718 243	-5.9
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions		3 134 985	2 973 489	-5.2
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions		573 721	495 678	-13.6
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions		3 708 706	3 469 167	-6.5
	Life insurance corporations	205 242	187 251	-8.8
	Superannuation (pension) funds	3 031 823	2 823 893	-6.9
	Public offer (retail) unit trusts	412 784	397 169	-3.8
	All other managed funds institutions	58 857	60 854	3.4

Revisions

Table 3 Life insurance corporations - revised back to the June 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 June quarter 2019.
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 2017.

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Analysis

Managed funds industry

The Managed Funds industry as at 31 March 2020 had $3,718.2b funds under management, 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)
Mar-15	536.8	1,080.2	90.1	1,010.8
Jun-15	532.4	1,059.7	93.6	1,031.0
Sep-15	526.9	1,061.3	92.0	1,012.6
Dec-15	544.8	1,089.2	92.3	1,045.8
Mar-16	542.5	1,080.6	89.6	1,037.4
Jun-16	545.0	1,106.9	98.0	1,074.2
Sep-16	561.1	1,199.9	102.1	1,243.9
Dec-16	570.2	1,244.1	106.4	1,247.1
Mar-17	569.1	1,270.1	112.0	1,274.3
Jun-17	581.7	1,300.3	115.0	1,314.1
Sep-17	588.1	1,322.2	118.6	1,316.3
Dec-17	606.0	1,362.0	122.6	1,350.8
Mar-18	606.2	1,370.5	124.7	1,348.2
Jun-18	620.1	1,409.1	123.1	1,367.6
Sep-18	628.1	1,450.5	124.4	1,385.6
Dec-18	598.5	1,393.4	118.6	1,342.6
Mar-19	648.2	1,482.6	125.6	1,396.2
Jun-19	655.1	1,538.9	125.9	1,455.1
Sep-19	664.3	1,579.7	130.1	1,488.3
Dec-19	685.3	1,614.7	142.8	1,507.2
Mar-20	621.9	1,503.1	134.6	1,458.6

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 fell $207.9b (-6.9%) to $2,823.9b during the March quarter

Key movements were as follows:

units in trusts fell $124.0b (-11.4%)
shares fell $110.9b (-23.0%)
deposits rose $35.5b (15.2%)
assets overseas fell $17.3b (-3.2%)
derivatives rose $16.4b (53.6%)

Total assets of superannuation (pension) funds; percentage growth
	Quarterly % movement
Mar-15	5.9
Jun-15	0.0
Sep-15	-1.3
Dec-15	3.0
Mar-16	-0.7
Jun-16	4.0
Sep-16	13.0
Dec-16	1.9
Mar-17	2.9
Jun-17	2.8
Sep-17	1.1
Dec-17	2.9
Mar-18	0.2
Jun-18	3.4
Sep-18	2.1
Dec-18	-4.2
Mar-19	5.9
Jun-19	3.9
Sep-19	2.8
Dec-19	1.8
Mar-20	-6.9

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Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Total unconsolidated assets of public offer (retail) trusts fell $15.6b (-3.8%) to $397.2b during the March quarter

Key movements were as follows:

units in trusts fell $8.7b (-9.0%)
shares fell $7.5b (-19.8%)
assets overseas fell $4.3b (-6.6%)
deposits rose $2.6b (38.8%)
derivatives rose $1.7b (47.9%)

Total assets of public offer (retail) unit trusts; percentage growth
	Quarterly % movement
Mar-15	3.1
Jun-15	0.5
Sep-15	-0.7
Dec-15	3.4
Mar-16	-1.1
Jun-16	1.1
Sep-16	2.1
Dec-16	1.7
Mar-17	0.1
Jun-17	0.8
Sep-17	1.6
Dec-17	4.5
Mar-18	-0.4
Jun-18	-4.3
Sep-18	2.0
Dec-18	-2.7
Mar-19	3.1
Jun-19	1.3
Sep-19	2.1
Dec-19	2.8
Mar-20	-3.8

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Life insurance

Total unconsolidated assets of life insurance corporations fell $18.0b (-8.8%) to $187.3b during the March quarter

Key movements were as follows:

units in trusts fell $19.3b (-16.4%)
shares fell $1.7b (-8.4%)
derivatives rose $1.1b (78.5%)
bonds, etc. rose $0.7b (2.6%)
other financial assets rose $0.6b (8.7%)

Total assets of life insurance corporations; percentage growth
	Quarterly % movement
Mar-15	4.8
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

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All other managed funds institutions

Total unconsolidated assets of:

friendly societies fell $0.6b (-7.1%) to $7.4b
common funds fell $0.9b (-8.0%) to $10.4b
cash management trusts rose $3.5b (8.8%) to $43.0b

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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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Methodology

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Main features

Revisions

Privacy

Analysis

Managed funds industry

Superannuation (pension) funds

Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Life insurance

All other managed funds institutions

Inquiries

Data downloads

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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