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CSO statistical release, 31 October 2017, 11am

Resident Holdings of Foreign Portfolio Securities

31 December 2016

				€ million
2016	Equity	Bonds and Notes	Money Market Instruments	Total
Total	916,776	991,638	440,091	2,348,504
of which:
United States	300,090	243,241	136,994	680,325
United Kingdom	108,807	266,717	76,348	451,872
France	34,186	71,617	56,056	161,859
Germany	38,332	46,207	26,770	111,309
Luxembourg	75,492	24,591	3,814	103,897

Investment in foreign securities rises to €2.3 trillion at end of 2016

Figure 1. Resident Holdings of Foreign Portfolio Securities by Issuer Sector 2016

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The value of Irish residents’ holdings of foreign securities at end-December 2016 amounted to €2,349bn, up €193bn on the 2015 level of €2,156bn. The increase is largely accounted for by increases in bonds and notes and in equity assets.

Combined investment in US-issued and UK-issued instruments (€1,132bn) accounted for 48 per cent of the total stock, up from 46 per cent on 2015.

Other points of note from the end 2016 results are:

Overall investment in US securities rose by €97bn, but the composition of that investment changed significantly with equity up €45bn, bonds & notes up €36bn and money market instruments up €16bn –see table 1. Investment funds accounted for 72 percent of US securities total – the corresponding investment by money market funds increased by €18bn to €107bn - see table 2.
Investment in UK securities rose by €52bn to €452bn, cementing its position as the second most popular investment location. France has regained third place with investment rising by €16bn to €162bn.
Significant holdings are also shown for Germany (€111bn), Luxembourg (€104bn, up 21%), Italy (€101bn), Netherlands (€93bn) and Japan (€79bn, down 11%).
Total investment in money market funds and investment funds increased respectively to €369bn (up 1.5%) and €1,467bn (up 16%) - see table 2.

This release also provides analysis by country of issuer and sector of holder (table 2). Corresponding data for 2015 are shown including revisions resulting from more recent information. Overall, the data are compatible in form and content with the data being submitted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of Ireland’s on-going participation in the IMF’s world-wide annual Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey. They are also consistent with the portfolio investment stock statistics published on the 15^th September 2017 in the Release Quarterly International Investment Position and External Debt – Quarter 2 2017 – see Background Notes. More detailed geographical analysis is available on the CSO STATBANK.

	Debt	Equity
S121	18.735	0
S122	70.245	1.459
S123	368.009	0.711
S124	750.656	716.618
S128/9	71.451	175.656
S13	1.917	4.259
S125/126/127/S11/S14/S15	150.715	18.074

^{S121 Central Bank}
^{S122 Banks}
^{S123 Money Market Funds}
^{S124 Investment Funds}
^{S128/9 Insurance & Pensions}
^{S13 Government}
^{S125/126/127/S11/S14/S15 Other}

	Debt	Equity
2014	1193.389	743.13
2015	1311.848	843.768
2016	1431.728	916.776

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Table 1 Resident Holdings of Foreign Portfolio Securities¹ - by Country of Issuer								€ million
Country	Equity		Bonds and Notes		Money Market Instruments		Total
Country	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016
Australia	9,178	11,973	11,327	9,461	20,533	20,218	41,038	41,652
Austria	926	1,225	5,853	5,738	420	788	7,199	7,751
Belgium	6,660	5,399	15,090	14,484	8,187	13,183	29,937	33,066
Bermuda	5,805	6,407	2,112	2,764	15	55	7,932	9,226
Brazil	*	7,306	5,219	4,521	*	885	10,291	12,712
Canada	7,357	10,725	12,312	13,405	26,136	21,595	45,805	45,725
Cayman Islands	31,108	32,141	8,409	8,474	825	1,543	40,342	42,158
China	12,756	12,503	449	608	2,505	246	15,710	13,357
Denmark	5,154	4,778	2,983	5,803	1,397	2,746	9,534	13,327
Finland	4,745	5,122	3,022	3,172	4,791	4,596	12,558	12,890
France	33,215	34,186	62,534	71,617	50,519	56,056	146,268	161,859
Germany	37,170	38,332	41,369	46,207	28,572	26,770	107,111	111,309
Hong Kong	10,130	9,508	492	519	716	183	11,338	10,210
India	8,792	9,785	848	927	13	16	9,653	10,728
Indonesia	2,129	2,770	3,624	4,543	0	0	5,753	7,313
Italy	32,174	30,747	75,794	67,438	2,069	2,555	110,037	100,740
Japan	58,829	54,883	9,139	9,948	20,983	14,346	88,951	79,177
Jersey	4,366	5,868	2,913	3,456	153	142	7,432	9,466
Korea, Republic of	12,685	14,382	1,975	1,771	162	614	14,822	16,767
Luxembourg	64,205	75,492	18,086	24,591	3,408	3,814	85,699	103,897
Mexico	3,256	3,251	8,021	8,067	130	108	11,407	11,426
Netherlands	21,845	24,773	54,325	54,322	20,883	13,879	97,053	92,974
Norway	2,817	3,392	4,053	4,247	2,694	1,002	9,564	8,641
Poland	*	952	4,419	4,215	*	0	5,372	5,167
Portugal	1,186	1,012	5,671	4,377	27	30	6,884	5,419
Russian Federation	3,040	5,290	1,936	2,732	0	59	4,976	8,081
Singapore	3,046	3,594	865	1,080	8,538	4,008	12,449	8,682
South Africa	3,762	5,181	2,633	3,655	0	0	6,395	8,836
Spain	12,269	12,903	36,237	36,811	1,828	1,477	50,334	51,191
Sweden	10,427	10,421	7,722	7,836	22,127	20,359	40,276	38,616
Switzerland	19,439	18,824	2,361	2,463	4,392	3,848	26,192	25,135
Taiwan, Province of China	10,008	11,893	84	36	0	0	10,092	11,929
Turkey	1,567	1,661	2,782	3,316	0	1	4,349	4,978
United Kingdom	113,709	108,807	216,274	266,717	70,021	76,348	400,004	451,872
United States	254,882	300,090	207,323	243,241	121,335	136,994	583,540	680,325
Other countries³	28,485	31,200	30,450	38,095	8,765	10,436	67,698	79,730
International Organisations	650	0	10,357	10,981	614	1,191	11,621	12,172
Total	843,768	916,776	879,063	991,638	432,787	440,091	2,155,616	2,348,504
¹The figures exclude Reserve Assets (see Background Notes).
² Revised.
³This category includes data supplied by respondents without a geographical breakdown.
*Suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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Table 2 - Resident Holdings of Foreign Portfolio Securities¹ - by Country of Issuer and Sector of Holder																€ million
Country	Central Bank		Banks		Money Market Funds		Investment Funds		Insurance & Pensions		Government		Other		Total
	S121		S122		S123		S124		S128/9		S13		S125/6/7/11/14/15
	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016	31 Dec 2015²	31 Dec 2016

Australia	0	0	1,657	1,522	21,288	19,433	15,851	18,340	1,637	1,716	30	69	575	572	41,038	41,652
Austria	444	408	1,737	754	308	896	2,929	3,841	*	*	5	2	*	*	7,199	7,751
Belgium	889	889	2,056	2,118	7,565	11,726	7,952	8,042	*	*	27	24	*	*	29,937	33,066
Bermuda	0	0	*	0	0	0	7,547	8,902	*	318	17	6	*	0	7,932	9,226
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,153	12,527	129	185	9	0	0	0	10,291	12,712
Canada	186	349	1,607	1,641	26,405	21,330	14,831	19,658	1,788	2,018	38	37	950	692	45,805	45,725
Cayman Islands	0	0	*	178	115	194	37,169	*	2,003	*	39	47	*	*	40,342	42,158
China	0	0	0	0	2,414	197	12,997	*	*	*	31	0	*	*	15,710	13,357
Denmark	35	362	684	652	*	*	7,310	9,658	509	492	12	13	*	*	9,534	13,327
Finland	130	98	549	466	4,605	4,000	4,362	4,860	*	*	17	4	*	*	12,558	12,890
France	5,896	5,656	7,417	7,524	40,625	49,019	55,791	63,402	*	*	1,017	791	*	*	146,268	161,859
Germany	1,565	1,710	6,540	6,367	26,235	22,280	47,687	53,730	17,647	19,680	148	60	7,289	7,482	107,111	111,309
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	708	177	10,182	9,492	*	535	22	6	*	0	11,338	10,210
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,474	10,560	*	168	13	0	*	0	9,653	10,728
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,697	7,245	*	68	4	0	*	0	5,753	7313
Italy	3,147	2,823	23,599	18,233	372	360	33,752	31,629	*	*	119	146	*	*	110,037	100,740
Japan	0	0	*	*	16,233	8,928	64,278	63,949	4,209	3,572	6	30	*	*	88,951	79,177
Jersey	0	0	*	*	108	60	7,095	9,189	116	119	0	0	*	*	7,432	9,466
Luxembourg	758	400	1,516	1,536	3,049	3,843	34,630	37,787	*	*	668	1,208	*	*	85,699	103,897
Mexico	0	0	*	*	0	0	10,979	10,992	196	226	16	8	*	*	11,407	11,426
Netherlands	606	627	3,182	2,970	*	*	39,001	45,374	5,715	5,848	137	149	*	*	97,053	92,974
Norway	0	82	1,115	885	*	1,154	5,028	*	558	*	3	2	*	*	9,564	8,641
Poland	84	196	1,230	798	0	0	3,747	3,842	*	*	2	0	*	*	5,372	5,167
Portugal	384	297	673	500	0	0	2,200	1,751	*	*	2	13	*	*	6,884	5,419
Korea, Republic of	0	8	*	*	155	306	*	15,511	589	694	23	0	401	*	14,822	16,767
Russian Federation	0	0	*	*	0	0	4,777	7,886	*	*	5	0	0	0	4,976	8,081
Singapore	0	0	0	0	*	*	3,784	4,389	181	274	4	1	*	*	12,449	8,682
South Africa	0	0	*	*	0	0	*	*	105	156	9	0	*	*	6,395	8,836
Spain	2,591	2,487	7,629	6,833	473	332	19,842	21,503	*	*	68	68	*	*	50,334	51,191
Sweden	31	31	991	1,319	*	*	11,746	11,669	5,103	5,350	26	15	*	*	40,276	38,616
Switzerland	0	96	*	0	2,035	2,953	*	*	2,233	2,236	18	31	*	*	26,192	25,135
Taiwan Province of China	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,757	11,506	335	423	0	0	0	0	100,92	11,929
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,301	4,918	46	60	2	0	0	0	4,349	4,978
United Kingdom	0	0	6,762	4,772	62,239	69,825	271,110	321,411	49,368	46,586	182	1,021	10,343	8,257	400,004	451,872
United States	0	0	7,878	4,054	88,932	107,005	400,591	486,523	32,714	36,152	1,831	2,350	51,594	44,241	583,540	680,325
Other countries ³	245	300	*	*	5,643	5,553	48,639	55,916	*	*	22	75	*	*	67,698	79,730
International Organisations	1,011	1,916	3,664	3,688	1,049	345	4,161	4,396	435	590	0	0	1,301	1,237	11,621	12,172
Total	18,002	18,735	86,366	717,04	363,395	368,720	1,269,724	1,467,274	228,120	247,107	4,572	6,176	185,437	168,788	2,155,616	2,348,504
¹The figures exclude Reserve Assets (see Background Notes).
²Revised.
³This category includes data supplied by respondents without a geographical breakdown.
*Suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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This Release updates the annual (end-December) series on foreign portfolio asset stock statistics introduced in October 2003. These figures result from the CSO’s ongoing participation in the annual Co-ordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) conducted by the IMF. The information is compiled on the basis of the IMF’s methodological recommendations described in its Co-ordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Guide. This methodology is designed to harmonise the timing and valuation conventions used by all countries participating in the Survey. The results are conceptually consistent with the International Investment Position (IIP) statistics on foreign assets published by the CSO. Therefore, the compilation methodology, which is designed to meet the recommendations of the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual - 6th Edition (BPM6) concerning compilation of international investment position statistics, is essentially the same for both series.

The CPIS is concerned with portfolio investment stock statistics for equities and long-term (i.e. bonds and notes) and short-term (i.e. money market instruments) debt securities. The results are classified by country of issue of the securities and are also cross-classified by type of financial instrument, and by sector of holder.

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