Statistical news - Financial markets Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:18:09 GMT Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/ Households sold historically high levels of investments in late 2023 Dutch households on balance sold €4.7 billion worth of investments in the fourth quarter of 2023. This is the highest amount since our record-keeping of this data began, in 2009. Despite historically high sales, the value of household investments still increased due to rising stock prices. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snr-2024/households-sold-historically-high-levels-of-investments-in-late-2023/ US dollar appreciation bolstered returns of Dutch investment funds in third quarter of 2023 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/statistical-news/snr-2024/us-dollar-appreciation-bolstered-returns-of-dutch-investment-funds-in-third-quarter-of-2023/ Dutch large investors do not expand investments in high-risk bonds 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/statistical-news/snr-2023/dutch-large-investors-do-not-expand-investments-in-high-risk-bonds/ First fall in Dutch household portfolio investments in a year Dutch households suffered losses on their portfolio investments in the third quarter of 2023. Overall, the value of portfolio investments fell some €3.6 billion (-2.1%) from a quarter earlier, to €162.4 billion. Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snr-2023/first-fall-in-dutch-household-portfolio-investments-in-a-year/ Dutch pension fund assets increasingly allocated to foreign investment funds 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/statistical-news/snr-2023/dutch-pension-fund-assets-increasingly-allocated-to-foreign-investment-funds/ The Netherlands European leader in green bonds Dutch companies have once again raised more capital by issuing green bonds, new figures from DNB reveal. In relative terms, the Netherlands is the leader in the euro area when it comes to issuing green debt securities. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:56:40 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snr-2023/the-netherlands-european-leader-in-green-bonds/ Dutch household portfolio investments rise in value again The value of portfolio investments held by Dutch households continued to increase in the second quarter of 2023. The total value of portfolio investments at the end of June was €165.9 billion, an increase of €5.1 billion (+3.2%) compared to the previous quarter. Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snr-2023/dutch-household-investments-rise-in-value-again/ Dutch pension funds invest more in the Netherlands Following four quarters of declining assets, the assets under management of Dutch pension funds increased again in the first quarter of 2023. This increase can mainly be ascribed to price gains, especially of equities. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snr-2023/dutch-pension-funds-invest-more-in-the-netherlands/ Dutch households book investment gains in first quarter of 2023 Dutch investors started off well in 2023 – in the first quarter, the value of investments held by Dutch households increased by €7.8 billion. Despite the turmoil in financial markets, Dutch households also invested more in equities and bonds issued by banks. Tue, 23 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snr-2023/dutch-households-book-investment-gains-in-first-quarter-of-2023/ Dutch households invest more in emerging markets 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/statistical-news/snr-2023/dutch-households-invest-more-in-emerging-markets/ Dutch households suffer large losses on investment fund positions Dutch households suffered large losses on investment funds in the first three quarters of 2022, DNB figures show. Falling stock market prices and rising interest rates reduced the size of investments in funds by €18.3 billion (-15.9%) to €97.3 billion in the first nine months of this year. Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snb-2022/dutch-households-suffer-large-losses-on-investment-fund-positions/ Households again suffer big losses on equities Dutch households again lost a significant amount of wealth in the stock market in the second quarter of 2022. Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snb-2022/households-again-suffer-big-losses-on-equities/ Dutch households suffered large losses from equity investments in first quarter of 2022 The volume of investments by Dutch households in listed equities fell by €3.0 billion to €58.9 billion in the first quarter of 2022. The 4.9% drop compared to the previous quarter was mainly due to falling share prices; only a small part was caused by sales of shares. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snb-2022/dutch-households-suffered-large-losses-from-equity-investments-in-first-quarter-of-2022/ Dutch households’ investments grew to over EUR 180 billion in 2021 Since year-end 2018, the value of investments held by Dutch households has increased by EUR 58 billion to over EUR 185 billion at year-end 2021, according to the first publication of new DNB statistics on households’ investments. This growth was mainly driven by price gains. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT https://www.dnb.nl/en/statistical-news/snb-2022/dutch-households-investments-grew-to-over-eur-180-billion-in-2021/