Managed Funds, Australia

Latest release

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

Reference period

December 2023

Released

7/03/2024

Next release Unknown

Key statistics

During the December 2023 quarter:

the total managed funds industry rose $176.6b (3.9%) to $4,751.5b funds under management
consolidated assets of managed funds institutions rose $152.1b (4.1%) to $3,883.7b
cross invested assets rose $24.5b (4.5%) to $568.2b
unconsolidated assets rose $176.6b (4.1%) to $4,451.9b.

Suspending Managed Funds statistics

This publication has now been paused and the December quarter 2023 issue will be the last release until further notice.

As previously advised, the ABS has been consulting with users and industry on the Managed Funds publication since late 2023. An outcome of this consultation is that the publication in its current state, and the underlying collections, no longer align with the way the industry operates. Discussion with industry and government does highlight a demand for data on investment funds activity. The ABS will continue to work with stakeholders on options to uplift the underlying data collections and investigate the possibility of a replacement publication. An update on progress will be provided in early 2025.

The ABS collection on Public Unit Trusts will continue. Data from this collection will continue to be used in the compilation of associated sectors in the National Accounts: Finance and Wealth (tables 9 and 23). In the National Accounts: Finance and Wealth publication, adjustments are made to these sectors to account for scope and coverage. Though some underlying quality issues remain, National Accounts: Finance and Wealth will continue to publish information on investment funds and can be used as an alternative source.

Data quality note

The Managed Funds publication provides a view of Funds under Management in the Managed Funds industry, based on ABS methodology and definitions. The Managed Funds industry has evolved significantly since the surveys and their related methodologies were last updated in 2010. As a result, some of the statistics produced in the Managed Funds publication do not capture the full scope of activity. Please exercise caution when interpreting these statistics. Please see the Managed Funds, Australia methodology page for more information.

		Sep Qtr 2023 $m	Dec Qtr 2023 $m	Sep Qtr 2023 to Dec Qtr 2023 %
Total managed funds industry		4,574,873	4,751,503	3.9
Consolidated assets total managed funds institutions		3,731,578	3,883,663	4.1
Cross invested assets between managed funds institutions		543,663	568,196	4.5
Unconsolidated assets total managed funds institutions		4,275,241	4,451,858	4.1
	Life insurance corporations	119,873	121,146	1.1
	Superannuation (pension) funds	3,639,125	3,797,362	4.3
	Public offer (retail) unit trusts	469,028	485,357	3.5
	All other managed funds institutions	47,215	47,993	1.6

Managed funds industry

Managed funds industry - source of funds
	Resident Investment Managers; Sourced from Managed Funds Institutions ($b)	Resident Investment Managers; Sourced from Other Resident Sources ($b)	Resident Investment Managers; Sourced from Overseas ($b)	Managed Funds Institutions; Directly Invested or Placed with Non-Resident Investment Managers ($b)
Dec-18	1,390.374	598.511	118.563	1,302.476
Mar-19	1,479.357	648.206	125.565	1,354.387
Jun-19	1,539.308	664.096	135.885	1,396.906
Sep-19	1,582.981	673.65	146.771	1,424.836
Dec-19	1,619.898	686.262	162.865	1,443.766
Mar-20	1,507.574	625.813	161.338	1,390.335
Jun-20	1,503.737	652.18	165.831	1,474.232
Sep-20	1,528.298	657.232	169.124	1,463.751
Dec-20	1,626.478	685.27	177.62	1,514.778
Mar-21	1,675.163	700.089	186.851	1,561.582
Jun-21	1,774.834	764.028	198.449	1,628.564
Sep-21	1,812.154	746.066	212.732	1,661.397
Dec-21	1,854.986	753.837	196.343	1,707.064
Mar-22	1,836.436	731.947	172.648	1,700.583
Jun-22	1,741.692	670.452	175.39	1,676.504
Sep-22	1,750.194	663.561	171.05	1,682.623
Dec-22	1,817.907	679.664	168.329	1,696.621
Mar-23	1,895.226	689.794	176.007	1,730.505
Jun-23	1,913.591	691.97	173.355	1,787.927
Sep-23	1,922.867	688.166	167.29	1,796.55
Dec-23	2,074.071	710.119	170.105	1,797.208

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.

Managed funds institutions' asset allocations - Proportion of consolidated funds under management - Selected assets
	Deposits (%)	Short term securities (%)	Bonds, etc. (%)	Shares (%)	Units in trusts (%)	Overseas assets (%)
Dec-08	11.2	6.4	5	18.2	23.4	15.9
Mar-09	11.3	6.5	5	18.4	22.8	15.3
Jun-09	11.7	6.6	4.4	19.8	23.1	14.5
Sep-09	10.9	6.2	4.5	21.8	23.9	14.2
Dec-09	10.6	5.7	4.3	22.2	24.6	14.3
Mar-10	10.5	5.3	4.2	22.6	24.8	14.5
Jun-10	10.9	5.4	4.4	21.5	24.2	14.5
Sep-10	11.1	4.7	4	22.3	25	14.1
Dec-10	10.9	4.5	3.7	22.8	25.4	13.9
Mar-11	10.8	4.3	3.6	23	25.6	14
Jun-11	11.7	4.1	3.6	21.9	25.2	13.8
Sep-11	12.5	4.4	3.7	20.4	24.6	14.1
Dec-11	12.4	4.6	3.6	20.7	24.6	13.9
Mar-12	12.4	4.4	3.6	21	24.6	14.1
Jun-12	13.8	4.4	3.7	19.9	24.4	13.7
Sep-12	13.8	4.2	3.8	19.7	24.8	14.1
Dec-12	13.2	4.1	3.7	20.2	25.4	14.1
Mar-13	12.8	3.9	3.5	20.8	25.8	14.2
Jun-13	13.2	3.7	3.3	19.7	26.1	15.1
Sep-13	12.8	3.7	3.3	20.5	26.5	14.9
Dec-13	12.5	3.4	3.3	20.6	26.9	15.8
Mar-14	12.5	3.4	3.3	20	27.1	15.6
Jun-14	12.1	3.4	3.3	19.8	27.8	15.7
Sep-14	12.1	3.4	3.2	19.4	28.4	16.2
Dec-14	11.7	3.5	3.3	19.3	28.5	17
Mar-15	11.2	3.4	3.2	19.7	28.7	17.3
Jun-15	11.3	3.4	3.3	18.8	28.2	17.3
Sep-15	11.3	3.6	3.4	18.1	28.7	17.4
Dec-15	11.1	3.6	3.3	18.2	28.8	17
Mar-16	11.1	3.7	3.3	17.9	28.7	16.7
Jun-16	11.2	3.7	3.3	18.1	28.4	16.8
Sep-16	10.1	3.4	3.2	17	27.3	16.5
Dec-16	9.6	3.3	3.2	17.5	27.7	16.7
Mar-17	9.6	3.3	2.9	17.6	27.5	16.8
Jun-17	9.8	3.5	2.9	16.7	27.2	17
Sep-17	9.4	3.6	2.9	16.7	27.2	17.8
Dec-17	8.9	3.2	3.1	17.4	27.6	18
Mar-18	8.7	3.2	3.1	16.7	27.5	18.8
Jun-18	8.7	3.1	3.2	17.5	27.4	18.4
Sep-18	8.6	3.1	3.2	17	27.7	18.7
Dec-18	8.8	3.2	3.5	16.2	27.5	18.4
Mar-19	8.5	3.2	3.5	16.6	27.5	18.9
Jun-19	8.5	3	3.6	16.9	27.5	19.4
Sep-19	8.4	2.7	3.7	16.9	27.5	19.9
Dec-19	8.1	2.9	3.8	16.7	27.1	20.5
Mar-20	9.7	3.1	3.7	13.6	25.7	21
Jun-20	9.6	3.3	3.7	15.6	25.5	20.3
Sep-20	9.3	3.2	3.7	15.7	26.1	20.3
Dec-20	8.4	3	3.7	17.3	26	20.7
Mar-21	8.2	2.8	3.6	17.7	25.9	21.5
Jun-21	7.9	2.3	3.5	18.4	25.9	22
Sep-21	7.5	2.2	3.4	18.3	25.9	22.5
Dec-21	7.1	2.2	3.2	18.5	25.6	22.9
Mar-22	7.2	2.3	3.3	19.2	25.2	22.1
Jun-22	8.2	2.3	3.4	17.6	24.8	21.9
Sep-22	8.1	2.4	3.5	17.8	24.6	21.7
Dec-22	8	2.3	3.6	18.7	24.7	21.6
Mar-23	8	2.3	3.9	18.4	24.5	22.4
Jun-23	8.1	2.1	4	18.2	24.2	23.3
Sep-23	8.3	2.2	4	18	23.9	23.1
Dec-23	8.1	2.1	4.1	18.6	23.3	23.7

Managed funds institutions' asset allocations - Proportion of consolidated funds under management - Selected assets

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Superannuation (pension) funds

Total unconsolidated assets of superannuation funds rose $158.2b (4.3%) to $3,797.4b during the December quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

assets overseas rose $52.5b (6.9%)
shares rose $44.9b (7.5%)
units in trusts rose $32.2b (2.6%)
derivatives rose $11.4b (23.8%)
bonds, etc. rose $10.0b (9.4%)

Total assets of superannuation (pension) funds; percentage growth
	Total assets of superannuation (pension) funds, percentage growth (%)
Dec-18	-4.3
Mar-19	5.9
Jun-19	3.8
Sep-19	2.7
Dec-19	1.7
Mar-20	-7.1
Jun-20	3.6
Sep-20	0.9
Dec-20	5.7
Mar-21	3.3
Jun-21	5.6
Sep-21	2.2
Dec-21	2.4
Mar-22	-1.1
Jun-22	-4.4
Sep-22	0.4
Dec-22	3.0
Mar-23	3.6
Jun-23	2.2
Sep-23	0.7
Dec-23	4.3

Total assets of superannuation (pension) funds; percentage growth

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Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Total unconsolidated assets of public offer (retail) trusts rose $16.3b (3.5%) to $485.4b during the December quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

shares rose $6.6b (10.0%)
units in trusts rose $5.1b (4.7%)
assets overseas rose $4.5b (5.1%)
land, buildings and equipment fell $2.6b (-1.7%)
bonds, etc. rose $1.1b (7.5%)

Cross investment within public offer (retail) unit trusts rose $1.8b (4.2%) to $44.7b.

Total assets of public offer (retail) unit trusts; percentage growth
	Total assets of public offer (retail) unit trusts, percentage growth (%)
Dec-18	-2.8
Mar-19	3.3
Jun-19	1.4
Sep-19	2.4
Dec-19	3.3
Mar-20	-3.9
Jun-20	1.7
Sep-20	1.7
Dec-20	4.1
Mar-21	2.6
Jun-21	5.3
Sep-21	2.9
Dec-21	4.4
Mar-22	-3.3
Jun-22	-1.5
Sep-22	0.4
Dec-22	2.4
Mar-23	1.8
Jun-23	1.4
Sep-23	-2.0
Dec-23	3.5

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

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Other managed funds institutions

Life insurance

Total unconsolidated assets of life insurance corporations rose $1.3b (1.1%) to $121.1b during the December quarter.

Key movements were as follows:

units in trusts rose $1.5b (3.5%)
other financial assets fell $0.8b (-13.1%)
other non-financial assets fell $0.7b (-20.8%)
assets overseas rose $0.6b (3.3%)
shares rose $0.2b (2.0%)

Total assets of life insurance corporations; percentage growth
	Total assets of life insurance corporations, percentage growth (%)
Dec-18	-4.4
Mar-19	3.9
Jun-19	-13.4
Sep-19	-0.4
Dec-19	0
Mar-20	-9.0
Jun-20	-31.2
Sep-20	-1.1
Dec-20	0.9
Mar-21	-1.5
Jun-21	1.1
Sep-21	0.9
Dec-21	-1.9
Mar-22	-1.5
Jun-22	-4.6
Sep-22	-1.1
Dec-22	0.4
Mar-23	2.1
Jun-23	-0.9
Sep-23	-0.4
Dec-23	1.1

 Total assets of life insurance corporations; percentage growth

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All other managed funds institutions

Total unconsolidated assets of:

friendly societies rose $0.5b (5.2%) to $10.0b
common funds rose $0.4b (3.3%) to $12.5b
cash management trusts fell $0.1b (-0.5%) to $25.5b.

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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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Revisions

Table 1 Summary managed funds industry - revised back to the December quarter 2021.
Table 2 Summary managed funds institutions - revised back to the December quarter 2021.
Table 3 Life insurance offices - revised back to the September quarter 2022.
Table 4 Superannuation (pension) funds - revised back to the December 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 - no revisions.
Table 9 Resident Investment Managers - revised back to the December quarter 2021.

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This release previously used catalogue number 5655.0.

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Managed funds industry

Superannuation (pension) funds

Public offer (retail) unit trusts

Other managed funds institutions

Life insurance

All other managed funds institutions

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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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