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CSO statistical release, 31 October 2018, 11am

Resident Holdings of Foreign Portfolio Securities

31 December 2017

				€ million
	Equity	Bonds and Notes	Money Market Instruments	Total
2017
Total	1,110,022	1,138,977	449,593	2,698,591
of which:
United States	364,249	298,109	102,354	764,712
United Kingdom	139,376	338,729	84,485	562,590
France	37,549	69,653	68,160	175,362
Germany	44,248	47,666	21,859	113,773
Luxembourg	85,160	22,595	4,423	112,178

Investment in foreign securities rises to €2.7 trillion at end of 2017

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The value of Irish residents’ holdings of foreign securities at end-December 2017 amounted to €2,699bn, up €256bn on the 2016 level of €2,443bn. 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 (€1,327bn) accounted for 49.2% of the total stock, up from 48.5% on 2016.

Other points of note from the end-2017 results are:

Overall investment in US securities rose by €58bn, but the composition of that investment changed significantly with equity up €54bn, bonds & notes up €39bn and money market instruments down €35bn – see table 1. Investment funds accounted for 74% of US securities total - the corresponding investment by money market funds decreased by €33bn to €74bn - see table 2.
Investment in UK securities rose by €84bn to €563bn, cementing its position as the second most popular investment location. France is still at the third place with investment rising by €10bn to €175bn.
Significant holdings are also shown for Germany (€114bn), Luxembourg (€112bn, up 7%), Japan (€106bn, up 34%), Italy (€98bn, down 6%) and Netherlands (€92bn, down 4%).
Total investment in investment funds increased by €257bn to €1,725bn – the corresponding total investment in money market funds decreased by €10bn to €359bn - see table 2.

This release also provides analysis by country of issuer and sector of holder (table 2). Corresponding data for 2017 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 13^th September 2018 in the Release Quarterly International Investment Position and External Debt – Quarter 2 2018 – see Background Notes. More detailed geographical analysis is available on the CSO StatBank.

	Debt	Equity
S121	22.185842307	0
S122	57.633654	1.389241
S123	358.032884663	0.739894216
S124	873.84691015	850.900237154
S128/9	70.605708694	192.926078059
S13	1.955708768	4.083123511
S125/126/127/S11/S14/S15	204.308756081	59.983004889

^{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
2015	1367.303	879.46
2016	1489.983	952.792
2017	1588.569	1110.022

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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 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017
Australia	11,975	12,303	9,464	10,382	20,218	14,574	41,657	37,259
Austria	1,225	1,749	5,740	5,671	788	373	7,753	7,793
Belgium	5,399	5,339	15,257	11,876	13,183	14,005	33,839	31,220
Bermuda	6,407	6,919	2,764	2,930	55	19	9,226	9,868
Brazil	7,306	8,423	4,525	3,935	885	929	12,716	13,287
Canada	10,729	11,173	13,407	15,105	21,596	15,891	45,732	42,169
Cayman Islands	32,151	42,207	8,474	10,656	1,543	5,196	42,168	58,059
China	12,503	16,895	612	961	246	698	13,361	18,554
Denmark	4,778	5,642	5,804	6,465	2,746	3,781	13,328	15,888
Finland	5,122	5,912	3,349	3,123	4,596	4,380	13,067	13,415
France	34,187	37,549	75,400	69,653	56,056	68,160	165,643	175,362
Germany	38,335	44,248	48,647	47,666	26,770	21,859	113,752	113,773
Hong Kong	9,508	11,808	522	981	183	1,214	10,213	14,003
India	9,785	13,436	929	1,164	16	14	10,730	14,614
Indonesia	2,770	3,162	4,543	5,350	0	4	7,313	8,516
Italy	30,746	34,196	71,012	60,757	2,555	2,828	104,313	97,781
Japan	54,885	66,896	9,948	13,326	14,346	25,525	79,179	105,747
Jersey	5,868	6,022	3,456	3,979	142	255	9,466	10,256
Korea, Republic of	14,382	19,628	1,771	1,632	614	547	16,767	21,807
Luxembourg	75,491	85,160	25,895	22,595	3,814	4,423	105,200	112,178
Mexico	3,251	3,671	8,068	9,544	108	469	11,427	13,684
Netherlands	24,774	26,792	57,189	47,294	13,879	17,650	95,842	91,736
Norway	3,393	3,527	4,248	3,512	1,002	930	8,643	7,969
Poland	952	1,493	4,213	5,066	0	0	5,165	6,559
Portugal	1,012	961	4,379	3,320	30	55	5,421	4,336
Russian Federation	11,102	11,118	11,938	12,841	59	67	23,099	24,026
Singapore	3,594	5,381	1,080	1,311	4,008	11,532	8,682	18,224
South Africa	5,181	7,433	3,655	4,584	0	4	8,836	12,021
Spain	12,904	13,976	38,773	33,122	1,477	2,541	53,154	49,639
Sweden	10,421	11,401	7,836	13,291	20,359	22,112	38,616	46,804
Switzerland	18,823	20,029	2,463	4,122	3,848	6,631	25,134	30,782
Taiwan, Province of China	11,893	14,247	36	43	0	0	11,929	14,290
Turkey	1,661	1,952	3,316	4,496	1	1	4,978	6,449
United Kingdom	118,990	139,376	282,829	338,729	76,348	84,485	478,167	562,590
United States	310,477	364,249	259,289	298,109	136,994	102,354	706,760	764,712
Other countries 3	40,812	45,749	38,079	46,917	10,436	14,512	89,327	107,177
International Organisations	0	0	10,981	14,469	1,191	1,575	12,172	16,044
Total	952,792	1,110,022	1,049,891	1,138,977	440,092	449,593	2,442,775	2,698,591
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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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 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017	31 Dec 2016²	31 Dec 2017
Australia	0	0	1,522	*	19,433	13,834	18,340	19,859	1,721	*	69	59	572	545	41,657	37,259
Austria	408	402	754	674	896	50	*	4,557	*	*	2	1	*	*	7,753	7,793
Belgium	889	894	2,158	1,750	11,726	12,995	8,042	7,953	*	*	23	12	*	*	33,839	31,220
Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,902	9,559	318	305	6	4	0	0	9,226	9,868
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	12,527	13,000	189	286	0	1	0	0	12,716	13,287
Canada	349	554	1,641	1,335	21,330	15,812	19,657	21,595	2,025	*	36	27	694	*	45,732	42,169
Cayman Islands	0	0	178	*	194	1,390	*	54,133	*	1,586	47	65	*	*	42,168	58,059
China	0	0	0	0	197	602	*	*	*	*	0	0	*	*	13,361	18,554
Denmark	362	369	652	538	1,175	*	9,657	11,043	*	601	13	24	*	*	13,328	15,888
Finland	98	115	474	451	4,000	3,823	4,860	5,318	*	*	3	4	*	*	13,067	13,415
France	5,655	5,703	7,670	6,210	49,019	59,324	63,405	70,732	*	*	791	759	*	*	165,643	175,362
Germany	1,710	1,201	6,467	4,765	22,280	17,916	53,729	62,803	19,688	*	60	58	9,818	*	113,752	113,773
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	177	1,168	9,492	12,077	538	754	6	4	0	0	10,213	14,003
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,560	14,348	170	266	0	0	0	0	10,730	14,614
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,245	8,427	68	89	0	0	0	0	7,313	8,516
Italy	2,823	2,869	18,385	15,462	360	284	31,630	37,770	*	*	146	128	*	*	104,313	97,781
Japan	0	0	*	*	8,928	15,784	63,949	81,953	3,574	*	30	30	*	2,149	79,179	105,747
Jersey	0	0	*	*	60	197	*	*	119	131	0	0	*	*	9,466	10,256
Luxembourg	401	271	1,596	1,923	3,843	4,270	37,786	41,328	*	*	1,207	841	*	*	105,200	112,178
Mexico	0	0	*	*	0	0	*	*	227	242	8	6	*	*	11,427	13,684
Netherlands	627	519	3,094	1,964	14,003	16,372	45,375	51,540	*	*	149	146	*	*	95,842	91,736
Norway	82	90	885	700	1,154	882	*	5,701	*	594	2	2	*	0	8,643	7,969
Poland	196	192	798	655	0	0	*	*	*	*	0	0	*	*	5,165	6,559
Portugal	297	248	500	484	0	0	1,752	1,925	*	*	13	12	*	*	5,421	4,336
Korea, Republic of	8	85	*	0	306	*	*	*	694	*	0	0	*	*	16,767	21,807
Russian Federation	0	0	*	0	0	0	7,885	9,091	52	*	0	0	*	*	23,099	24,026
Singapore	0	0	0	0	3,971	11,110	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	*	8,682	18,224
South Africa	0	0	*	0	0	3	*	*	156	*	0	0	*	*	8,836	12,021
Spain	2,487	2,343	6,924	5,825	332	200	21,503	26,584	*	*	68	67	*	*	53,154	49,639
Sweden	31	45	1,319	1,267	19,655	21,079	11,668	15,514	*	*	15	14	*	*	38,616	46,804
Switzerland	96	61	0	0	2,953	5,329	*	22,390	*	*	31	44	*	*	25,134	30,782
Taiwan Province of China	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,506	13,765	423	525	0	0	0	0	11,929	14,290
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,918	6,391	60	57	0	0	0	1	4,978	6,449
United Kingdom	0	0	4,770	4,862	69,825	72,880	321,412	365,355	46,600	*	1,021	1,392	34,539	*	478,167	562,590
United States	0	0	4,057	*	107,005	74,165	486,523	567,019	*	38,855	2,303	2,250	*	*	706,760	764,712
Other countries³	300	174	*	*	5,553	5,774	55,915	73,679	*	*	75	88	*	*	89,327	107,177
International Organisations	1,916	6,051	3,688	3,062	345	791	4,396	4,200	590	695	0	0	1,237	1,245	12,172	16,044
Total	18,735	22,186	72,426	59,023	368,720	358,773	1,467,274	1,724,747	246,602	263,532	6,125	6,039	262,893	264,291	2,442,775	2,698,591
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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