Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:17:28 GMT Thu, 30 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/ De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) imposed an administrative fine of €15,810 on investment firm Black Swan Capital B.V. (BSC) on 21 May 2024, for failing to hold sufficient own funds from the year-end 2019 until 21 July 2023. Thu, 30 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/enforcement-measures-2024/fine-imposed-on-black-swan-capital-for-failure-to-hold-sufficient-own-funds/ Households deposited a record EUR 3.8 billion in Dutch investment funds in 2020. This boosted their assets managed by investment funds to EUR 47.3 billion. Fri, 03 May 2024 16:06:20 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2021/dutch-investment-funds-hit-record-aum-at-eur-1-trillion/ In the third quarter of 2023, Dutch investment funds achieved relatively solid returns, despite falling global bond and equity prices, as revealed by new DNB figures. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2024/us-dollar-appreciation-bolstered-returns-of-dutch-investment-funds-in-third-quarter-of-2023/ Dutch non-bank financial service providers once again provided less financing such as loans in 2022. The decrease is mainly due to fewer investments and price losses in investment funds. Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/non-bank-financing-declines-again/ Dutch institutional investors such as pension funds, investment funds and insurers kept their investments in risky bonds roughly the same over the past 12 months. This is a break from previous years: since 2019, large investors had expanded their exposure to what are termed high-yield bonds. Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/dutch-large-investors-do-not-expand-investments-in-high-risk-bonds/ Dutch pension funds are increasingly investing their assets in foreign investment funds. Whereas their holdings in Dutch investment fund units have been declining for some time, an increasing share of their assets is being allocated to foreign, especially European, investment funds. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/dutch-pension-fund-assets-increasingly-allocated-to-foreign-investment-funds/ In 2022, Dutch households again invested more in emerging markets such as South Africa, Brazil and China. Despite net purchases, the value of these investments decreased to €2,241 million at the end of 2022 due to price losses, down from a record €2,631 million at the end of 2021. Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/dutch-households-invest-more-in-emerging-markets/ In the past two years, Dutch institutional investors increasingly preferred riskier high-yield (HY) bonds over their safer investment-grade (IG) counterparts. Most of these investments in HY debt securities are made abroad, for example in US firms and Brazilian and South African governments. Fri, 06 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2022/dutch-institutional-investors-increasingly-turn-to-high-risk-bonds/ Dutch investments in SPACs have increased strongly in the last year, particularly Institutional investors’ investments in these companies. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2021/institutional-investors-increasingly-investing-in-spacs/ Dutch mortgage debt is also on the rise. Unlike before, it is mainly institutional investors who are responsible for this growth, rather than the banks. In addition, growth is relatively subdued from a historical perspective in relation to the rise in house prices. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2021/new-mortgage-loans-mainly-provided-by-institutional-investors/ The return on Dutch investment funds averaged 7.3% per year over the period from 2015 to July 2021. Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2021/return-on-dutch-investment-funds-is-the-highest-in-the-euro-area/ As a result of the coronavirus crisis, Dutch investment funds recorded a negative return of 11.7% in the first quarter of 2020, a development that eliminated a year and a half of accumulated returns. Equity funds lost a much longer period of accumulated returns ... Fri, 22 May 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2020/eighteen-months-of-accumulated-investment-fund-returns-evaporated-through-recent-price-losses/ In 2019 investment funds achieved returns of 18%, the highest level in 11 years. This was slightly below the increase of the AEX index (24%). The difference can be explained from the fact that investment funds also invest in bonds and ... Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2020/dutch-investment-funds-in-2019-achieve-highest-returns-since-the-financial-crisis/ Dutch private investors hold an increasingly smaller proportion of the Netherlands’ sovereign debt. In the third quarter of 2019, they held EUR 90.8 billion (nominal), against EUR 93.2 billion in the second quarter, down 2.5% quarter-on-quarter. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2020/dutch-investors-hold-smaller-positions-in-dutch-government-paper/