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FMA Report on Asset Management in the first quarter of 2021: Net Asset Volume of Austrian investment funds increases slightly

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As of the end of the first quarter of 2021, Austrian investment funds managed assets of around € 209 billion[1]. The net asset value (NAV) increased compared with the preceding quarter by 3.2 % or € 6,5 billion. Broken down by investment strategy as of 31.03.2021, € 93 billion was managed in mixed funds, € 61.2 billion in bond funds, € 37.7 billion in equity funds, € 10.2 billion in real estate funds, € 5.9 billion in short-term bond funds, € 0.6 billion in private equity funds as well as € 0.4 billion in other funds. These are the findings of the FMA’s Report on Asset Management for Q1 2021, which was published today.

As of the reporting date, there were 14 authorised investment fund management companies[2] (KAGs) and 53 alternative investment fund managers[3] (AIFMs), managing 890 Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) and 1,121 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). Categorised by investment strategy they consist of 1,124 mixed funds, 424 bond funds, 323 equity funds, 52 short-term bond funds, 31 private equity funds, 18 real estate funds as well as 39 other funds. Of these, 97 funds are classified as sustainability funds bearing Austrian EcoLabel 49 (Umweltzeichen 49; UZ49). The total number of Austrian funds reduced by seven fell by the preceding quarter.

As of the end of the first quarter, 7,496 UCITs (-120 compared to the preceding quarter) and 1,613 AIFs (-123 compared to the preceding quarter) from the European Economic Area (EEA) of foreign KAGS and AIFMs had notified about distribution in Austria. Broken down by their country of origin, Luxembourg, Ireland, Germany and France are particularly strongly represented. The decrease is overwhelmingly related to the conclusion of Brexit at the turn of the year.

The complete “FMA Report on Asset Management for the 1st Quarter of 2021” can be downloaded from the FMA Website (in German only) under https://www.fma.gv.at/investmentfonds-und-verwaltungsgesellschaften/quartalsberichte/.

Journalists may address further enquiries to:

Annemarie Bauer
Tel.: +43/(0)1/24959-6007

[1] Aggregated assets managed by funds as Net Asset Value (NAV)
[2] under the Investment Funds Act 2011 (InvFG 2011; Nach Investmentfondsgesetz 2011)
[3] under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Act (AIFMG; Alternative Investmentfonds Manager-Gesetz)