Dec Qtr 2022 $m | Mar Qtr 2023 $m | Dec Qtr 2022 to Mar Qtr 2023 % | ||
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Total managed funds industry | 4,407,648 | 4,544,931 | 3.1 | |
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions | 3,556,531 | 3,669,489 | 3.2 | |
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions | 522,521 | 542,574 | 3.8 | |
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions | 4,079,053 | 4,212,063 | 3.3 | |
Life insurance corporations | 118,937 | 121,406 | 2.1 | |
Superannuation (pension) funds | 3,425,717 | 3,546,633 | 3.5 | |
Public offer (retail) unit trusts | 489,056 | 497,034 | 1.6 | |
All other managed funds institutions | 45,342 | 46,990 | 3.6 |
Managed Funds, Australia
Statistics on the assets and liabilities of financial institutions that pool funds for investment, classified by type of financial instrument
Key statistics
During the March 2023 quarter:
- the total managed funds industry rose $137.3b (3.1%) to $4,544.9b funds under management
- consolidated assets of managed funds institutions rose $113.0b (3.2%) to $3,669.5b
- cross invested assets rose $20.1b (3.8%) to $542.6b
- unconsolidated assets rose $133.0b (3.3%) to $4,212.1b.
Managed funds industry
Resident investment managers' placements with other resident investment managers are deducted when deriving the size of the total managed funds industry.
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Superannuation (pension) funds
Total unconsolidated assets of superannuation funds rose $120.9b (3.5%) to $3,546.6b during the March quarter.
Key movements were as follows:
- assets overseas rose $44.3b (6.7%)
- units in trusts rose $35.9b (3.0%)
- bonds, etc. rose $13.5b (15.6%)
- shares rose $13.4b (2.3%)
- deposits rose $10.9b (4.2%).
Public offer (retail) unit trusts
Total unconsolidated assets of public offer (retail) trusts rose $8.0b (1.6%) to $497.0b during the March quarter.
Key movements were as follows:
- assets overseas rose $5.4b (6.5%)
- units in trusts rose $4.0b (3.7%)
- other financial assets fell $1.2b (-18.0%)
- bonds, etc. rose $0.7b (4.4%)
- shares fell $0.3b (-0.4%).
Cross investment within public offer (retail) unit trusts rose $2.7b (6.1%) to $45.8b.
Other managed funds institutions
Life insurance
Total unconsolidated assets of life insurance corporations rose $2.5b (2.1%) to $121.4b during the March quarter.
Key movements were as follows:
- units in trusts rose $1.7b (4.2%)
- assets overseas rose $1.0b (6.3%)
- other financial assets fell $0.8b (-12.7%)
- bonds, etc. rose $0.5b (2.0%)
- shares rose $0.5b (4.3%).
All other managed funds institutions
All other managed funds institutions
Total unconsolidated assets of:
- friendly societies rose $0.2b (2.7%) to $9.2b
- common funds rose $0.4b (3.6%) to $11.5b
- cash management trusts rose $1.0b (4.0%) to $26.3b.
Data downloads
Time series spreadsheets
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
Revisions
- Table 1 Summary managed funds industry - revised back to the March quarter 2021.
- Table 2 Summary managed funds institutions - revised back to the March quarter 2021.
- Table 3 Life insurance offices - revised back to the December quarter 2022.
- Table 4 Superannuation (pension) funds - revised back to the March quarter 2021.
- Table 5 Public offer (retail) unit trusts - revised back to the December quarter 2022.
- Table 6 Friendly Societies - no revisions.
- Table 7 Common funds - no revisions.
- Table 8 Cash management trusts - revised back to the December quarter 2022.
- Table 9 Resident Investment Managers - revised back to the March quarter 2021.
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Previous catalogue number
This release previously used catalogue number 5655.0.