Institutional investors; balance sheet 1998-2016
Explanation of symbols
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This table consists of the balance sheet of institutional investors. It enables analyzing shifts in the balance sheet of institutional investors. This is possible for the total of institutional investors, and for each of the three groups: pension funds, insurance corporations and non-MMF investment funds.
Data available yearly figures from 1998 to 2016.
Status of the figures:
Figures up to 2015 are definitive, figures for 2016 are provisional.
Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.
Changes as of 7 September 2018:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
The strategic alliance between Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) has led to a reallocation of tasks between the two institutions. Institutional investors is now part of the dominion of DNB. Publication of tables on institutional investors by the CBS is discontinued. DNB provides the OECD with figures for its statistic Institutional investors. See paragraph 3 for links to the websites of DNB and OECD.
Description topics
- Assets
- Currency and transferable deposits
- Currency consists of notes and coins in circulation that are commonly used to make payments. Transferable deposits are deposits exchangeable for currency on demand, at par, and which are directly usable for making payments by cheque, draft, giro order, direct debit/credit, or other direct payment facilities, without penalty or restriction.
- Total currency and transferable deposits
- In euro's
- Up to 2002 in guilders.
- In foreign currency
- Short-term securities
- Short-term securities include all securities with a maximum term of one year, which in principle are transferable against a price that has been fixed in advance. Usually, the obliged interest payments of the debtor have been discounted in the value. 'Transferable' means that assets can be converted into cash from, or on a date that has been appointed at the moment the bond was issued. This transaction covers treasury paper issued by both the Dutch government and foreign governments, saving certificates to bearer and transferable certificates of deposits, issued by banks.
- Short-term securities fin. corporations
- Short-term securities financial corporations.
- Other fin. interm. and fin. aux.
- Other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries.
The other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation by incurring liabilities in forms other than currency, deposits, or investment fund shares, or in relation to insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes from institutional units.
The financial auxiliaries subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in activities closely related to financial intermediation but which are not financial intermediaries themselves.
Examples of financial auxiliaries are:
- financial auxiliaries like the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, credit card organisations and credit and mortgage intermediation services.
- financial auxiliaries like insurance agents, guarantee funds, pension consultancies and insurance exchanges.
- Long-term securities
- Long-term securities include all transferable securities, which generally do not mature within one year. They are usually quoted at the stock exchange. The interest on long-term bonds is made payable through coupons. Mortgage bonds, notes issued by banks and convertible bonds as long as they have not been converted into shares, also belong to this type of assets.
- Long-term securities fin. corporations
- Long-term securities financial corporations.
- Other fin. interm. and fin. aux.
- Other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries.
The other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation by incurring liabilities in forms other than currency, deposits, or investment fund shares, or in relation to insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes from institutional units.
The financial auxiliaries subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in activities closely related to financial intermediation but which are not financial intermediaries themselves.
Examples of financial auxiliaries are:
- financial auxiliaries like the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, credit card organisations and credit and mortgage intermediation services.
- financial auxiliaries like insurance agents, guarantee funds, pension consultancies and insurance exchanges.
- Captive fin. inst. and money lenders
- Captive financial institutions and money lenders.
The captive financial institutions and money lenders subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are neither engaged in financial intermediation nor in providing financial auxiliary services, and where most of either their assets or their liabilities are not transacted on open markets.
In particular, the following financial corporations and quasi-corporations are classified in this subsector:
(a) - units as legal entities such as trusts, estates, agencies accounts or 'brass plate' companies;
(b) - holding companies that hold controlling-levels of equity of a group of subsidiary corporations and whose principal activity is owning the group without providing any other service to the businesses in which the equity is held, that is, they do not administer or manage other units;
(c) - SPEs that qualify as institutional units and raise funds in open markets to be used by their parent corporation;
(d) - units which provide financial services exclusively with own funds, or funds provided by a sponsor, to a range of clients and incur the financial risk of the debtor defaulting. Examples are money lenders, corporations engaged in lending to students or for foreign trade from funds received from a sponsor such as a government unit or a non-profit institution, and pawnshops that predominantly engage in lending;
(e) - special purpose government funds, usually called sovereign wealth funds, if classified as financial corporations.
- Insurance corporations and pension funds
- Financial intermediaries dealing with the pooling of risks are insurance corporations and pensions funds (ICPF). They consist of the insurance corporations and pension funds subsectors. The insurance corporations subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as a consequence of the pooling of risks mainly in the form of direct insurance or reinsurance. The pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as the consequence of the pooling of social risks and needs of the insured persons (social insurance). Pension funds as social insurance schemes provide income in retirement, and often benefits for death and disability.
- Short-term loans
- Short-term loans are all credits, which do not have the characteristics of deposits and which mature by contract within one year. Included are short-term loans from financial institutions, balances on current accounts (except transferable deposits), short-term consumer credit, bills (of exchange) and promissory notes.
- Short-term loans financial corp.
- Short-term loans financial corporations.
- Other fin. interm. and fin. aux.
- Other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries.
The other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation by incurring liabilities in forms other than currency, deposits, or investment fund shares, or in relation to insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes from institutional units.
The financial auxiliaries subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in activities closely related to financial intermediation but which are not financial intermediaries themselves.
Examples of financial auxiliaries are:
- financial auxiliaries like the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, credit card organisations and credit and mortgage intermediation services.
- financial auxiliaries like insurance agents, guarantee funds, pension consultancies and insurance exchanges.
- Insurance corporations and pension funds
- Financial intermediaries dealing with the pooling of risks are insurance corporations and pensions funds (ICPF). They consist of the insurance corporations and pension funds subsectors. The insurance corporations subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as a consequence of the pooling of risks mainly in the form of direct insurance or reinsurance. The pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as the consequence of the pooling of social risks and needs of the insured persons (social insurance). Pension funds as social insurance schemes provide income in retirement, and often benefits for death and disability.
- Long-term loans
- Long-term loans are all credits, which do not have the characteristics of deposits and which do not mature within one year. They mainly concern long-term loans on obligations, mortgage loans and long-term consumer credit. As from 2008 after revision mortgage loans are part of long-term loans.
- Long-term loans fin. corp.
- Long-term loans financial corporations.
- Other fin. interm. and fin. aux.
- Other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries.
The other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation by incurring liabilities in forms other than currency, deposits, or investment fund shares, or in relation to insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes from institutional units.
The financial auxiliaries subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in activities closely related to financial intermediation but which are not financial intermediaries themselves.
Examples of financial auxiliaries are:
- financial auxiliaries like the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, credit card organisations and credit and mortgage intermediation services.
- financial auxiliaries like insurance agents, guarantee funds, pension consultancies and insurance exchanges.
- Insurance corporations and pension funds
- Financial intermediaries dealing with the pooling of risks are insurance corporations and pensions funds (ICPF). They consist of the insurance corporations and pension funds subsectors. The insurance corporations subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as a consequence of the pooling of risks mainly in the form of direct insurance or reinsurance. The pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as the consequence of the pooling of social risks and needs of the insured persons (social insurance). Pension funds as social insurance schemes provide income in retirement, and often benefits for death and disability.
- Mortgage loans
- Loans secured by property. Mortgage loans are broken down by collateral
in the same way as property, but combining houses, offices and shops in one category. As from 2008 after revision mortgage loans are part of long-term loans.- Houses, offices and shops
- Listed shares
- Listed shares are equity securities listed on an exchange. Such an exchange may be a recognised stock exchange or any other form of secondary market. Listed shares are also referred to as quoted shares. The existence of quoted prices of shares listed on an exchange means that current market prices are usually readily available.
- Listed shares financial corporations
- The figures up to 2005 include participations in foreign investment funds.
- Other fin. interm. and fin. aux.
- Other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries.
The other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation by incurring liabilities in forms other than currency, deposits, or investment fund shares, or in relation to insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes from institutional units.
The financial auxiliaries subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in activities closely related to financial intermediation but which are not financial intermediaries themselves.
Examples of financial auxiliaries are:
- financial auxiliaries like the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, credit card organisations and credit and mortgage intermediation services.
- financial auxiliaries like insurance agents, guarantee funds, pension consultancies and insurance exchanges.
- Captive fin. inst. and money lenders
- Captive financial institutions and money lenders.
The captive financial institutions and money lenders subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are neither engaged in financial intermediation nor in providing financial auxiliary services, and where most of either their assets or their liabilities are not transacted on open markets.
In particular, the following financial corporations and quasi-corporations are classified in this subsector:
(a) - units as legal entities such as trusts, estates, agencies accounts or 'brass plate' companies;
(b) - holding companies that hold controlling-levels of equity of a group of subsidiary corporations and whose principal activity is owning the group without providing any other service to the businesses in which the equity is held, that is, they do not administer or manage other units;
(c) - SPEs that qualify as institutional units and raise funds in open markets to be used by their parent corporation;
(d) - units which provide financial services exclusively with own funds, or funds provided by a sponsor, to a range of clients and incur the financial risk of the debtor defaulting. Examples are money lenders, corporations engaged in lending to students or for foreign trade from funds received from a sponsor such as a government unit or a non-profit institution, and pawnshops that predominantly engage in lending;
(e) - special purpose government funds, usually called sovereign wealth funds, if classified as financial corporations.
- Insurance corporations and pension funds
- Financial intermediaries dealing with the pooling of risks are insurance corporations and pensions funds (ICPF). They consist of the insurance corporations and pension funds subsectors. The insurance corporations subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as a consequence of the pooling of risks mainly in the form of direct insurance or reinsurance. The pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as the consequence of the pooling of social risks and needs of the insured persons (social insurance). Pension funds as social insurance schemes provide income in retirement, and often benefits for death and disability.
- Unlisted shares
- Unlisted shares are equity securities not listed on an exchange.
- Unlisted shares financial corporations
- Other fin. interm. and fin. aux.
- Other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries.
The other financial intermediaries, except insurance corporations and pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation by incurring liabilities in forms other than currency, deposits, or investment fund shares, or in relation to insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes from institutional units.
The financial auxiliaries subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in activities closely related to financial intermediation but which are not financial intermediaries themselves.
Examples of financial auxiliaries are:
- financial auxiliaries like the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, credit card organisations and credit and mortgage intermediation services.
- financial auxiliaries like insurance agents, guarantee funds, pension consultancies and insurance exchanges.
- Insurance corporations and pension funds
- Financial intermediaries dealing with the pooling of risks are insurance corporations and pensions funds (ICPF). They consist of the insurance corporations and pension funds subsectors. The insurance corporations subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as a consequence of the pooling of risks mainly in the form of direct insurance or reinsurance. The pension funds subsector consists of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations which are principally engaged in financial intermediation as the consequence of the pooling of social risks and needs of the insured persons (social insurance). Pension funds as social insurance schemes provide income in retirement, and often benefits for death and disability.
- Ins., pension and st. guarantee sch.
- Insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes are divided into six subcategories:
(a) non-life insurance technical reserves;
(b) life insurance and annuity entitlements;
(c) pension entitlements;
(d) claims of pension funds on pension managers;
(e) entitlements to non-pension benefits ; and
(f) provisions for calls under standardised guarantees.
- Direct property
- Domestic direct property is up to 2008 subdivided in houses, offices, shops, rural estates and other (parking lots, factory buildings, holiday parks). From 2008 on the subdivision is limited to houses and other domestic.
- Offices and shops