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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
September 2022
Released
1/12/2022

Key statistics

During the September 2022 quarter:

  • the total managed funds industry fell by $0.2b to $4,306.1b funds under management
  • consolidated assets of managed funds institutions rose $18.3b (0.5%) to $3,485.4b
  • cross invested assets fell $7.7b (-1.5%) to $497.3b
  • unconsolidated assets rose $10.6b (0.3%) to $3,982.7b.
 Jun Qtr 2022
$m
Sep Qtr 2022
$m
Jun Qtr 2022 to Sep Qtr 2022
%
Total managed funds industry4,306,3154,306,069-0.0
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions3,467,1283,485,4120.5
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions505,026497,329-1.5
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions3,972,1543,982,7410.3
 Life insurance corporations119,717118,590-0.9
 Superannuation (pension) funds3,328,5813,340,2980.4
 Public offer (retail) unit trusts476,137477,8040.4
 All other managed funds institutions47,71946,049-3.5

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 $11.7b (0.4%) to $3,340.3b during the September quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

  • units in trusts fell $16.4b (-1.4%)
  • shares rose $14.0b (2.6%)
  • other financial assets rose $6.8b (2.6%)
  • land, buildings and equipment fell $4.7b (-2.3%)
  • bonds, etc. rose $3.7b (4.7%).

Important data quality note

Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Total unconsolidated assets of public offer (retail) trusts rose $1.7b (0.4%) to $477.8b during the September quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

  • units in trusts rose $6.8b (7.0%)
  • assets overseas fell $4.0b (-4.9%)
  • land, buildings and equipment fell $1.6b (-1.0%)
  • shares fell $1.3b (-1.9%)
  • deposits rose $1.1b (13.2%).

Cross investment within public offer (retail) unit trusts rose $5.9b (16.8%) to $40.6b.

Other managed funds institutions

Life insurance

Total unconsolidated assets of life insurance corporations fell $1.1b (-0.9%) to $118.6b during the September quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

  • other financial assets fell $0.9b (-13.3%)
  • deposits fell $0.3b (-5.8%)
  • other non-financial assets rose $0.3b (8.9%)
  • derivatives rose $0.3b (24.8%)
  • shares fell $0.1b (-1.1%).

All other managed funds institutions

Total unconsolidated assets of:

  • friendly societies rose 0.6% to $8.7b
  • common funds rose $0.2b (1.5%) to $11.1b
  • cash management trusts fell $1.9b (-6.7%) to $26.3b.

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

Data files

Revisions

  • Table 1 Summary managed funds industry - revised back to the June quarter 2019.
  • Table 2 Summary managed funds institutions - revised back to the June quarter 2019.
  • Table 3 Life insurance offices - revised back to the June quarter 2022.
  • Table 4 Superannuation (pension) funds - revised back to the September quarter 2020.
  • Table 5 Public offer (retail) unit trusts - revised back to the June quarter 2019.
  • Table 6 Friendly Societies - no revisions.
  • Table 7 Common funds - revised back to the December quarter 2021.
  • Table 8 Cash management trusts - revised back to the June quarter 2022.
  • Table 9 Resident Investment Managers - revised back to the September quarter 2020.

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Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 5655.0.
 

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