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Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia - Market Research Report (2013-2028)

Katherine Tweedie Katherine Tweedie Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: August 2023 ANZSIC K6419c

Revenue

$12.5bn

2023-24

$13.2bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

39,391

Businesses

23,277

Wages

$X.Xbn

Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia industry analysis

Providers in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry provide services that mostly cater to other companies within the financial services sector. Key activities in the industry include stock exchange operation, share registry operation, credit card administration, non-bank foreign currency exchange, and custodian and trustee services. Custodial, trustee and administration services account for most of the industry's revenue. Even though these services differ, their performance is based on common factors like the value of funds under management, sharemarket performance and financial markets' activity.

Trends and Insights

  • COVID-19’s economic effects caused consumers and businesses to lose financial confidence. These trends had a dampening effect on enterprise numbers.
  • The value of funds under management has been fluctuating under variable economic conditions. This trend is reflected in a lower revenue share from custodial, trustee and administration services.
  • Sydney and Melbourne are Australia’s financial capitals. Their importance attracts a lot of custody, trustee and stock exchange service providers to these areas.
  • The nature of a provider’s service dictates internal competition. For example, the credit card segment’s competition is mostly based on access, since merchants can choose which credit cards they accept.
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  • Reliable market estimates from 2013-2028
  • Competitive analysis, industry segmentation, financial benchmarks
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Industry Overview

Market size and recent performance (2013-2028)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $12.5bn in 2023.

Trends and Insights

Trades' variable volume and value cause the industry to be volatile

  • The industry's main activities are operating stock exchanges, operating share registries, credit card administration, and custodian and trustee services. While providers differ in terms of the services that they offer, they have a common exposure to financial markets. This exposure means that they tend to face similar economic threats.
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Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia
Revenue (2013-2028)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Better economic conditions are on track to fuel industry recovery

  • The Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry is set to recover from poor economic conditions resulting from COVID-19, following worldwide trends.

Biggest companies in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia

Company
Market Share (%)
2023
Revenue ($m)
2023
Visa
1,359.5
ASX
1,081.6
Chi-X Australia
250.9

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Products & Services Segmentation

Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Stock exchange and clearing house operations, Share registry services and Other services. Stock exchange and clearing house operations is the largest segment of the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia.

Trends and Insights

The value of managed funds is falling, dampening custodial, trustee and administration services' revenue

  • Custodians are entrusted with safekeeping assets. They also provide transaction support, which includes settlement, income collection, daily valuation, and accounting and taxation reporting.
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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Superannuation Funds in Australia
  • Funds Management Services in Australia
  • Financial Planning and Investment Advice in Australia
  • Superannuation Funds Management Services in Australia

International industries

  • Stock & Commodity Exchanges in the US
  • Custody, Asset & Securities Services in the US
  • Trusts & Estates in the US
  • Funds Management and Other Investment Services in New Zealand
  • Stock & Commodity Exchanges in the UK

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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The industry provides a variety of nominee, trustee, custody and other services to the finance and investment sector. The industry includes companies that provide stock exchange and share registry services, credit card administration services and non-bank money changing services.

What's included in this industry?

Providing executor servicesProviding non-bank money changing servicesOperating share registriesOperating stock exchangesProviding trustee servicesCredit card administrationOperating clearing housesProviding custody services

Companies

VisaASXChi-X Australia

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Related Terms

FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT (FUM)FUNDS UNDER ADMINISTRATION (FUA)DARK POOLSHIGH-FREQUENCY TRADING

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 6419 - Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

COVID-19’s economic effects caused consumers and businesses to lose financial confidence. These trends had a dampening effect on enterprise numbers.

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2013-2022) and forecast (2023-2028)
  • Employees, including historical (2013-2022) and forecast (2023-2028)
  • Businesses, including historical (2013-2022) and forecast (2023-2028)
  • Profit, including historical (2013-2023)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The value of funds under management has been fluctuating under variable economic conditions. This trend is reflected in a lower revenue share from custodial, trustee and admi...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2023
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2023
  • Major market segmentation in 2023

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Sydney and Melbourne are Australia’s financial capitals. Their importance attracts a lot of custody, trustee and stock exchange service providers to these areas.

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2023

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2023
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2023
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2023
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2023

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The nature of a provider’s service dictates internal competition. For example, the credit card segment’s competition is mostly based on access, since merchants can choose whi...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2018-2023
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Visa is a US-owned global credit card administrator. The company provides support services for payment products, and its Australian operations are headquartered in Sydney.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2019 through 2023
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2023
  • Overview of Visa's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2017 through 2023
  • Overview of ASX's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2017 through 2023
  • Overview of Chi-X Australia's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2017 through 2023
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 6 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Visa, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for ASX, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Chi-X Australia, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 6 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The ASX sets out Operating Rules and Listing Rules. Listed companies need to meet these requirements, or otherwise face penalties.

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2013-2028) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2013-2028) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

After the COVID-19 outbreak, economic conditions have been unstable. These volatile conditions have caused the financial market’s outlook to vary, which has dampened profitab...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2023
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2023
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2013-2028)
  • Revenue per Employee (2013-2028)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2013-2028)
  • Employees per Establishment (2013-2028)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2013-2028)
  • Average Wage (2013-2028)
  • Wages/Revenue (2013-2028)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2013-2028)
  • IVA/Revenue (2013-2028)
  • Imports/Demand (2013-2028)
  • Exports/Revenue (2013-2028)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2013-2028)
  • IVA (2013-2028)
  • Establishments (2013-2028)
  • Enterprises (2013-2028)
  • Employment (2013-2028)
  • Exports (2013-2028)
  • Imports (2013-2028)
  • Wages (2013-2028)

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Key data sources in Australia include:

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Australian Taxation Office
  • Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Analysts also use industry specific sources to complement catch-all sources, although their perspective may focus on a particular organization or representative body, rather than a clear overview of all industry operations. However, when balanced against other perspectives, industry-specific sources provide insights into industry trends.

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  • Industry and trade associations
  • Industry federations or regulators
  • Major industry players annual or quarterly filings

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the market size of the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia in 2024?

The market size of the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia is $12.5bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia industry in 2023?

There are 23,277 businesses in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.3 % between 2018 and 2023.

Has the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 0.8 % between 2018 and 2023.

What is the forecast growth of the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services market in Australia?

The biggest companies operating in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services market in Australia are Visa, ASX and Chi-X Australia

What does the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia include?

Providing executor services and Providing non-bank money changing services are part of the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services in Australia?

The company holding the most market share in Australia is Visa.

How competitive is the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Custody, Trustee and Stock Exchange Services industry in Australia.