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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	Sep Qtr 2008	Jun Qtr 2009	Sep Qtr 2009
CONSOLIDATED ASSETS	$m	$m	$m
Superannuation funds	769 587	741 397	814 403
Public unit trusts	268 842	249 221	257 681
Life insurance offices(a)	179 913	162 712	178 087
All other managed funds	60 835	54 657	53 191
Total	1 279 177	1 207 987	1 303 362
(a) Investments by superannuation funds which are held and administered by life insurance offices are included under life insurance offices.
Note: See note on consolidation in Explanatory Notes, paragraph 11.

Consolidated Assets, Type of institution

Consolidated Assets, Type of asset

• At 30 September 2009, total consolidated assets of managed funds institutions was $1303.4b, an increase of $95.4b (8%) on the revised June quarter 2009 figure of $1,208.0b.
• Consolidated assets of superannuation funds increased by $73.0b (10%); life insurance offices increased by $15.4b (9%); public unit trusts increased by $8.5b (3%); common funds increased by $0.2b (3%); cash management trusts decreased by $1.6b (4%); and friendly societies fell marginally.
• The major asset movements for the quarter were equities and units in trusts, up $76.1b (18%); assets overseas, up $14.5b (7%); long term securities, up $7.8b (11%) and other assets, down $2.2b (4%). Short term securities and loans and placements decreased $1.4b (1%) and $0.4b (1%) respectively. Movements of less than 1% were experienced by land and buildings and cash and deposits. The main valuation effects that occurred during the September 2009 quarter were as follows: the S&P/ASX 200 increased by 19.9%, the price of foreign shares (represented by the MSCI World Index) increased 16.9% and the A$ appreciated against the US$ by 8.5%.
• At 30 September 2009, investment managers had $1,109.4b in funds under management, up $84.8b (8%) on the revised June quarter 2009 figure of $1024.6b. They managed $749.0b (57%) of the consolidated assets of managed funds institutions.