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Retail market jumps 9.5 per cent in March quarter

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The first quarter of 2013 saw the combined retail and wholesale market grow its funds under management/advice (FUM/A) by 4.6 per cent to $869 billion, according to DEXX&R.

NAB and AMP maintained their top two positions as at 31 March 2013, with $119 billion and $114 billion in FUM/A respectively. Westpac and CBA held the third and fourth spots, with $111 billion and $107 billion, while there was a substantial drop off before reaching the fifth spot, where Macquarie sits with $53.7 billion.

Within the combined market, retail FUM/A stood at $541 billion as at 31 March 2013, while the wholesale market (ie, pooled superannuation trusts and wholesale trusts) accounted for $328 billion, according to DEXX&R.

The retail market increased by 9.5 per cent over the year to March, and the wholesale market was up by 7.62 per cent for the year.

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Breaking the retail market down into segments, the retirement incomes space saw the biggest increase in FUM/A – up by 5.1 per cent ($6 billion) in the quarter to $124 billion.

The top three companies in the retirement incomes segment were Colonial First State (CFS), BT Financial Group and MLC, with $24 billion, $21 billion and $17 billion in FUM/A, respectively.

Employer superannuation grew by 4.3 per cent over the March quarter to $106 billion, with CFS outstripping the other top 10 companies in the segment to see FUM/A increase by 6.9 per cent.

Total FUM/A in personal superannuation rose by $6.2 billion to $174 billion in the March quarter, with CFS (5.6 per cent) and OnePath (5.1 per cent) recording the highest growth in FUM/A.

Retail investment outside superannuation increased by 4.4 per cent to $5.4 billion, with CFS and AMP growing their FUM/A by 12.4 per cent and 11.4 per cent, respectively.

The wholesale market increased by 5.2 per cent to $327.7 billion in the first quarter of 2013, according to DEXX&R.