Chris Donohoe
The number of new financial product registrations in the year ending 30 June 2026 have continued the strong growth of recent years, according to analysis by APIR Systems.
Led by managed funds, there were 843 product registrations overall in the 2026 financial year, which is in line with last year’s 844.
APIR identifies, codes and manages reference data for unlisted financial products. In its 30 years of operation, APIR has identified over 33,000 individual financial products.
Key highlights from 2025-26 data include:
- Managed funds, known as managed investment products (MIPs), continue to be the industry’s dominant product choice, making up 80.8 per cent of registrations during 2025-26.
- MIP registrations in 2025-26 finished 3.6 per cent below the rolling 5-year average at 681, at 681 registrations.
- Managed accounts registrations were again strong, 13.79 per cent above the rolling 5-year average at 99 registrations.
- Whilst there was an uptick in archiving of superannuation investment options from last year, overall product archives were 23.0 per cent below the rolling 5-year average.
- There were 33 new participants (i.e. product issuers such as Responsible Entities and Trustees) in 2025-26, a net increase of 7.5 per cent on the prior year.
APIR chief executive Chris Donohoe says it is encouraging to see the continued robust levels of registrations, particularly of managed fund and managed account products, despite continued market volatility during the period.
Looking ahead to 2026-27, Donohoe points towards the global evolution of fund tokenisation as a development to keep an eye on.
“We’ve witnessed tokenised funds launch in many overseas jurisdictions, driven by the efficiencies associated with block-chain technology. With the recent release by ASIC of the Australian digital asset framework, we expect to see product issuers consider opportunities for fund tokenisation.”