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INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

I. INTRODUCTION

Institutional investors are major collectors of savings and suppliers of funds to financial markets. In 1996 the OECD Committee on Financial Markets launched a study with a view to assessing the impact of institutional investors on the structure and functioning of financial markets. Quantitative information gathered in the context of this exercise is included in the present publication, which provides a unique set of comprehensive statistics on institutional savings and investment in the OECD area. Concepts and definitions are, to a great extent, based on the System of National Accounts.

Data are derived from national sources based on a questionnaire prepared under the auspices of the OECD Working Party on Financial Statistics. Statistics are complemented by methodological country notes. The publication benefited from the work of Financial Statistics Section (of Financial Affairs Division) and could not have been accomplished without the contribution of OECD Member countries.

II. STATISTICAL COVERAGE

A. Institutional coverage

In this edition, the term institutional investor mainly refers to insurance companies, pension funds and investment companies collecting savings and supplying funds to the markets. However, other types of institutional wealth (e.g. endowment funds, foundations, etc.) are also included. Data are organised according to the following institutional breakdown:

Insurance companies Life insurance companies Non-life insurance companies

Pension funds (funded private and public schemes) Autonomous pension funds Non-autonomous pension funds

Investment companies Open-end investment companies Closed-end investment Cies

Other forms of institutional investors Foundations and endowment funds Non-pension fund money managed by banks Private investment partnership Other forms

B. Geographical coverage

The statistics relate to twenty-eight OECD Member countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.

C. Data

Statistics are organised under two main categories: individual country information and comparative data. Sub-categories under these main headings are presented by subject, referred to as "tables" in the classification plan. In addition to these two main categories, there are also annex tables referring to supplementary data useful for a comprehensive coverage of the situation.

  1. Individual Country Information

Table 1. INSTITUTIONAL SAVING AND INVESTMENT

Institutional Saving and Investment provides information on the assets by type of institutional investor with detailed breakdowns for financial assets. Some information is also provided on liabilities.

Table 2. SHARE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC FINANCIAL ASSETS (in per cent)

Share of Institutional Investment in Domestic Financial Assets provides the following comparative information for the holdings of individual categories of institutional investors :

  • Financial assets of institutional investors in per cent of financial assets of domestic / financial domestic sectors.
  • Total shares held by institutional investors in per cent of shares held by domestic / financial domestic sectors.
  • Total non-resident shares held by institutional investors in per cent of non-resident shares held by domestic / financial domestic sectors.
  • Total bonds held by institutional investors in per cent of bonds held by domestic / financial domestic sectors.
  • Total non-resident bonds held by institutional investors in per cent of non-resident bonds held by domestic / financial domestic sectors.

This table provides data for eighteen countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. It should be noted that the availability of the above details may vary across countries.

  1. Summary Tables

Table 1. FINANCIAL ASSETS OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS (MN US$) Table 2. FINANCIAL ASSETS AS A PER CENT OF GDP

Financial Assets of Institutional Investors provide the following comparative information:

  • Financial Assets of Institutional Investors (outstanding amounts in U.S. dollars and as a per cent of GDP)
  • Financial Assets of Insurance Companies (outstanding amounts in U.S. dollars and as a per cent of GDP)
  • Financial Assets of Pension Funds (outstanding amounts in U.S. dollars and as a per cent of GDP)
  • Financial Assets of Investment Companies (outstanding amounts in U.S. dollars and as a per cent of GDP)
  • Financial Assets of Other Forms of Institutional Investors (outstanding amounts in U.S. dollars and as a per cent of GDP)

Table 3. PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

Portfolio Composition of Institutional Investors provides total financial assets of institutional investors by country in national currency and the share of different types of assets as per cent of total.

Table 4. CLAIMS OF HOUSEHOLDS ON INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS (%)

Outstanding Claims of Households on Institutional Investors (as a per cent of outstanding financial assets of households) provides data for fifteen countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. The categories of investors included vary across countries depending on the availability of the data.

  1. Supplementary Tables

Table 1. Outstanding financial assets of households (in billions of national currency) provides the underlying data used for the calculation of summary table 4.

Table 2. Components of financial assets by domestic and domestic financial sectors provides the underlying data used for the calculation of country table 2.

Table 3. End of year exchange rates provides the exchange rate for each country against the US dollar at close of trading on the last working day of each year. Source, OECD Statistics Directorate.

Table 4. GDP provides gross domestic product figures for 28 OECD countries. Source, OECD Statistics Directorate.

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CLASSIFICATION PLAN:
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STRUCTURE OF THE CODE :   XXX / XX / X / XX / X



SUB-CODES :
    1   XXX......   Country
    2   ...XX....   Investor
    3   .....X...   Table
    4   ......XX.   Component
    5   ........X   Sector (or Blank)



SUB-CODE  1 : Country
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          AUS Australia
          AUT Austria
          BEL Belgium
          CAN Canada
          CZE Czech Republic
          DNK Denmark
          FIN Finland
          FRA France
          DEU Germany
          GRC Greece
          HUN Hungary
          ISL Iceland
          ITA Italy
          JPN Japan
          KOR Korea
          LUX Luxembourg
          MEX Mexico
          NLD Netherlands
          NOR Norway
          POL Poland
          PRT Portugal
          SLK Slovak Republic
          ESP Spain
          SWE Sweden
          CHE Switzerland
          TUR Turkey
          GBR United Kingdom
          USA United States



SUB-CODE  2 : Investor
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           01 Insurance companies
           02 Life insurance companies
           03 Non-life insurance companies
           04 Pension funds
           05 Autonomous pension funds
           06 Non-autonomous pension funds
           07 Investment companies
           08 Open-end investment companies
           09 Closed-end investment companies
           10 Other forms of institutional investors
           11 Other forms of institutional saving
           12 Total financial assets

           for New Zealaand
           13 Life insurance companies: Unitised products
           14 Life insurance companies: Non-unitised products
           15 Investment companies :Unit Trusts & Group Investment Funds,Sociétés d'investissement
           16 Pensions Funds, Employment related superannuation
           17 Pensions Funds,Other superannuation
           18 Other Funds





SUB-CODE  3 : Table
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       Country tables
            1 Institutional Saving and Investment (outstanding amounts)
            2 Share of Institutional Investment in Domestic Financial Assets
              (in percent of financial assets of domestic sectors and financial
               and financial domestic services)

       Summary tables
            3 Financial Assets of Institutional Investors (outstanding amounts)
            4 Financial Assets of Institutional Investors (as a per cent of GDP)
            5 Portfolio Composition of Institutional Investors
            6 Outstanding Claims of Households on Institutional Investors  (as a per cent
              of outstanding financial assets of households)

       Supplementary tables
            A Outstanding Financial Assets of Households
            B Components of Financial Assets by Domestic and Domestic Financial Sectors
            C End of Year Exchange Rates
            D GDP of OECD Member Countries




SUB-CODE  4 : Component
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           01 A. Assets
           02 1. Non-financial assets
           03 2. Financial assets
           04 2.1. Cash and deposits
           05 2.2. Bills and bonds
           06 2.2.i) Bills and bonds issued by residents
           07 2.2.ii) Bills and bonds issued by non-residents
           08 2.2.1. Short-term bills and bonds
           09 2.2.2. Long-term bonds
           10 2.3. Loans
           11 2.3.i) Loans to residents
           12 2.3.ii) Loans to non-residents
           13 2.3.1. Short-term loans
           14 2.3.2. Long-term loans
           15 2.4. Shares
           16 2.4.i) Shares issued by residents
           17 2.4.ii) Shares issued by non-residents
           18 2.5. Other
           19 Other
           20 B. Liabilities
           21 Of which: Net equity of households
           22 Of which: Shares/units issued by investment companies directly held by households
           33 of which : Total overseas investment
           23 Liabilities of money market funds
           24 Holdings of foreign securities
           31 Memo item: Exchange traded derivatives: notional amounts out
           34 Memo item: Total pension funds
           32 Memo item: Assets under the control of asset management cies
           25 Financial assets
           26 Shares
           27 Non-resident shares
           28 Bonds
           29 Non-resident bonds
           30 Loans
              



SUB-CODE  5 : Sector
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            1 Domestic
            2 Domestic Financial

    • Country tables
      • Institutional Saving and Investment (outstanding amounts)
        • by investor
          • 011 Insurance companies
          • 021 Life insurance companies
          • 031 Non-life insurance companies
          • 041 Pension funds
          • 051 Autonomous pension funds
          • 061 Non-autonomous pension funds
          • 071 Investment companies
          • 081 Open-end investment companies
          • 091 Closed-end investment companies
          • 101 Other forms of institutional investors
        • by component
          • 101 A. Assets
          • 102 1. Non-financial assets
          • 103 2. Financial assets
          • 104 2.1. Cash and deposits
          • 105 2.2. Bills and bonds
          • 106 2.2.i) Bills and bonds issued by residents
          • 107 2.2.ii) Bills and bonds issued by non-residents
          • 108 2.2.1. Short-term bills and bonds
          • 109 2.2.2. Long-term bonds
          • 110 2.3. Loans
          • 111 2.3.i) Loans to residents
          • 112 2.3.ii) Loans to non-residents
          • 113 2.3.1. Short-term loans
          • 114 2.3.2. Long-term loans
          • 115 2.4. Shares
          • 116 2.4.i) Shares issued by residents
          • 117 2.4.ii) Shares issued by non-residents
          • 118 2.5. Other
          • 120 B. Liabilities
          • 121 Of which: Net equity of households
          • 122 Of which: Shares/units issued by investment companies directly held by households
          • 123 Liabilities of money market funds
          • 124 Holdings of foreign securities
          • 131 Memo item: Exchange traded derivatives: notional amounts out
          • 134 Memo item: Total pension funds
          • 132 Memo item: Assets under the control of asset management cies
      • Share of Institutional Investment in Domestic Financial Assets
        • by investor
          • 012 Insurance companies
          • 022 Life insurance companies
          • 032 Non-life insurance companies
          • 042 Pension funds
          • 052 Autonomous pension funds
          • 062 Non-autonomous pension funds
          • 072 Investment companies
          • 082 Open-end investment companies
          • 092 Closed-end investment companies
          • 102 Other forms of institutional investors
        • by component
          • 225 Financial assets
          • 226 Shares
          • 227 Non-resident shares
          • 228 Bonds
          • 229 Non-resident bonds
    • Summary tables
      • Financial Assets of Institutional Investors (outstanding amounts)
        • by investor
          • 013 Insurance companies
          • 043 Pension funds
          • 073 Investment companies
          • 103 Other forms of institutional investors
          • 123 Total financial assets
      • Financial Assets of Institutional Investors (as a per cent of GDP)
        • by investor
          • 014 Insurance companies
          • 044 Pension funds
          • 074 Investment companies
          • 104 Other forms of institutional investors
          • 124 Total financial assets
      • Portfolio Composition of Institutional Investors
        • by component
          • 525 Financial assets
          • 528 Bonds
          • 530 Loans
          • 526 Shares
          • 519 Other
          • 524 Foreign Securities
      • Outstanding Claims of Households on Institutional Investors (as a per cent of outstanding financial assets of households)
        • by investor
          • 016 Insurance companies
          • 026 Life insurance companies
          • 036 Non-life insurance companies
          • 046 Pension funds
          • 056 Autonomous pension funds
          • 076 Investment companies
          • 086 Open-end investment companies
          • 096 Closed-end investment companies
          • 116 Other forms of institutional saving
    • Supplementary tables
      • Outstanding Financial Assets of Households
        • A in billions of national currency
      • Components of Financial Assets by Domestic and Domestic Financial Sectors
        • by component
          • B25 Financial assets
          • B26 Shares
          • B27 Non-resident shares
          • B28 Bonds
          • B29 Non-resident bonds
      • End of Year Exchange Rates
        • C in units of national currency per US Dollar
      • GDP of OECD Member Countries
        • D in billions of national currency
    • Reporting Country
      • AUS Australia
      • AUT Austria
      • BEL Belgium
      • CAN Canada
      • CZE Czech Republic
      • DNK Denmark
      • FIN Finland
      • FRA France
      • DEU Germany
      • GRC Greece
      • HUN Hungary
      • ISL Iceland
      • ITA Italy
      • JPN Japan
      • KOR Korea
      • LUX Luxembourg
      • MEX Mexico
      • NLD Netherlands
      • NOR Norway
      • POL Poland
      • PRT Portugal
      • SLK Slovak Republic
      • ESP Spain
      • SWE Sweden
      • CHE Switzerland
      • TUR Turkey
      • GBR United Kingdom
      • USA United States