Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:18:09 GMT Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/ Recent years have seen Dutch banks lend more to domestic businesses, following a period in which growth in corporate lending lagged behind the euro area average. This is according to new figures from DNB which are discussed in the Dutch economists’ journal ESB today. Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2025/dutch-corporate-bank-lending-picks-up/ After almost two decades of contraction, outstanding Dutch securitisations sold to investors increased substantially in 2024, new figures from DNB show. Net growth was €3.1 billion (12%) to €29.2 billion, still considerably less than 20 years ago. Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:00:27 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2025/significant-growth-in-securitisations-in-2024-after-years-of-contraction/ Dutch pension funds invest structurally less in European companies than in US companies, DNB figures reveal. At the end of 2024, invested assets in European (EU) non-financial corporations amounted to €97 billion, compared to €293 billion in US counterparts. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2025/dutch-pension-funds-invest-more-in-us-companies-than-in-european-companies/ Dutch households are putting more and more money in bank accounts abroad, according to the latest quarterly figures from DNB and the ECB. Countries where savings rates have recently risen are particularly popular among Dutch savers. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/dutch-households-save-more-abroad/ 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/ The equity portfolios of Dutch pension funds and insurers have become significantly “greener” over the 2017-2020 period. This is mainly because investee companies have emitted less carbon over that period, according to an analysis by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2023/smaller-carbon-footprint-from-large-investors-equity-portfolios/ Dutch investments in EU bonds are among the top three largest within the European Union (EU). The capital raised with these bonds is used to finance the European Commission's (EC) extensive COVID-19 recovery plans. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2022/dutch-financial-institutions-invest-heavily-in-new-eu-bonds/ 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/ Dutch investors purchased securities from European countries heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. they purchased debt securities and listed equities issued in France, Italy and Spain worth EUR 3.3 billion and EUR 0.5 billion, respectively, on a net basis. ... Thu, 07 May 2020 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/statistical-news/2020/dutch-investors-continue-to-invest-in-european-countries-heavily-impacted-by-covid-19-despite-loss-in-value/