Institutional investors; short-term and long-term investments 1950-2016

Institutional investors; short-term and long-term investments 1950-2016

Institutional investors Periods Short-term investments Total short-term investments (mln euro) Short-term investments Short-term loans (mln euro) Short-term investments Short-term securities (mln euro) Short-term investments Other deposits (mln euro) Short-term investments Currency and transferable deposits (mln euro) Short-term investments Other short-term investments (mln euro)
Total institutional investors 2016* 99,525 49,377 13,052 10,632 26,464
Pension funds 2016* 25,076 12,122 3,559 3,332 6,063
Insurance corporations 2016* 30,558 8,709 4,613 5,041 12,195
Non-MMF investment funds 2016* 43,891 28,546 4,880 2,259 8,206
Source: CBS.
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This table covers investments of institutional investors from 1950 onwards. It enables analyzing shifts over time in the investment portfolio of institutional investors. This is possible for the total of institutional investors, and for each of the three groups: pension funds, insurance corporations and investment funds.

Data available yearly figures from 1950 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

Short-term investments
Total short-term investments
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 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.
Other deposits
Other deposits include all deposits in euros and foreign currency at any resident and non-resident bank (except for saving deposits in euro's), which are not immediately transferable without restrictions.
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.
Other short-term investments