Table 3

Descriptive statistics – total assets/Log assets

VariableMeanStd. devMinMaxObs
Log (total assets)8.9310.7297.07011.192455
Total Assets (ZAR Million)3,71810,49811155,888455
Log (total asset) by shadow banking class
Fixed-income Fund9.1670.8927.11210.76942
Funds-of-Funds8.6430.5677.07010.442158
Money Market Fund9.3970.7917.55410.59923
Multi-asset Fund9.0430.7247.11411.193222
Log (total asset) by sponsor
Bank9.2660.7337.53210.76941
Insurer9.1450.7137.72810.57065
Asset Managers8.8490.7137.07011.193339
Log (total asset) by investor
Institutional9.2640.5628.10810.25922
Retail8.9240.7357.07011.193410
Total asset by shadow banking class (ZAR Million)
Fixed-income Fund6,26212,5511258,87742
Funds-of-Funds1,2703,1311127,687158
Money Market Fund7,71110,2163539,78123
Multi-asset Fund4,56512,92012155,888222
Total assets by sponsor (ZAR Million)
Bank5,84210,4013458,87741
Insurer4,0466,1995337,16965
Asset Managers3,39811,13611155,888339
Total asset by investor (ZAR Million)
Institutional3,6504,51812218,13722
Retail3,81710,87511155,888410

Note(s): This table provides a summary of descriptive statistics of total assets. The largest shadow bank is a retail multi-asset fund with R155 billion in assets under management. Retail and multi-asset funds are more volatile because they have a higher standard deviation

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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