OECD Institutional Investors Statistics 2020
Institutional investors (investment funds, insurance companies and pension funds)
are major collectors of savings and suppliers of funds to financial markets. Their
role as financial intermediaries and their impact on investment strategies have grown
significantly over recent years along with deregulation and globalisation of financial
markets.
This publication provides a unique set of statistics that reflect the level and structure
of the financial assets and liabilities of institutional investors in the OECD countries
(with the exception of Australia), and in Lithuania and the Russian Federation. Concepts
and definitions are predominantly based on the System of National Accounts. Data are
derived from national sources.
Data include outstanding amounts of financial assets and liabilities such as currency
and deposits, securities, loans, and shares. When relevant, they are further broken
down according to maturity and residency. The publication covers investment funds,
of which open-end companies and closed-end companies, as well as insurance corporations
and autonomous pension funds. Indicators are presented as percentages of GDP allowing
for international comparisons, and at country level, both in national currency and
as percentages of total financial assets of the investor. Time series display available
data for the last eight years.
DATA ALSO AVAILABLE ON LINE
The electronic data product provides longer time series: data from 1980 onwards are
included.
Available from September 28, 2020Also available in: French
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