Institutional investors; investments in property 1980 - 2012

Institutional investors; investments in property 1980 - 2012

Periods Total institutional investors Total property (mld euro) Total institutional investors Indirect property (mld euro)
2012* 168.0 123.3
Source: CBS.
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This table covers investments of institutional investors in property. It shows that institutional investors nowadays invest more indirectly in property by taking interests in investment funds that invest in property. Furthermore it enables analyses whether there is more or less invested in different types of direct property such as residential buildings or the combination of offices and shops.

Data available from:
Yearly figures from 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 1999 to 2012.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are up to 2010 definitive, figures for 2011 are revised provisional figures and figures for 2012 are provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of 16 October 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table is replaced by table Institutional investors; investments in property. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Total institutional investors
Institutional investors are units that invest capital that is acquired as a result of their activities. These activities are mainly the insurance of pensions and offering private investors opportunities to invest in selected risk profiles. The population of institutional investors contains pension funds, insurance corporations and investment funds.
Total property
Indirect property
Indirect property consists of interests in Dutch (for instance Corio, Rodamco, Vastned, and Wereldhave) and foreign investment funds that invest in property.