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CSO statistical release, 26 September 2019, 11am

Resident Holdings of Foreign Portfolio Securities

31 December 2018

				€ million
	Equity	Bonds and Notes	Money Market Instruments	Total
2018
Total	1,093,660	1,206,566	444,712	2,744,938
of which:
United States	388,202	315,525	131,466	835,193
United Kingdom	132,439	367,516	73,674	573,629
France	35,012	73,609	58,439	167,060
Luxembourg	85,987	24,860	4,911	115,758
Germany	35,582	49,879	20,293	105,754

Investment in foreign securities rises to €2.7 trillion at the end of 2018

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The value of Irish residents’ holdings of foreign securities at end-December 2018 amounted to €2,745bn, up €56bn on the 2017 level of €2,689bn. The increase is largely accounted for by the increase in bonds and notes assets.

Combined investment in US-issued and UK-issued instruments (€1,409bn) accounted for 51.3% of the total stock, up from 49.2% on 2017.

Other points of note from the end-2018 results are:

Overall investment in US securities rose by €72bn, but the composition of that investment changed significantly with equity up €24bn, bonds & notes up €19bn and money market instruments up €29bn – see Table 1. Investment funds accounted for 74% of the US securities total - the corresponding investment by money market funds increased by €12bn to €87bn - see Table 2.
Investment in UK securities rose by €13bn to €574bn, cementing its position as the second most popular investment location. France is still at the third place with investment decreasing by €8bn to €167bn.
Significant holdings are also shown for Luxembourg (€116bn, up 3.3%), Germany (€106bn, down 7%), Italy (€97bn, down 0.2%), Netherlands (€96bn, up 4.8%) and Japan (€90bn, down 14%).
Total investment in investment funds increased by €42bn to €1,767bn – the corresponding total investment in money market funds decreased by €11bn to €348bn - see Table 2.

This release also provides analysis by country of issuer and sector of holder (Table 2). Corresponding data for 2018 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 13th September 2019 in the International Accounts Quarter 2 2019 – see Background Notes. More detailed geographical analysis is available on the CSO StatBank.

	Debt	Equity
Central Bank	21.893136628	0
Banks	60.717739	1.117985
Money Market Funds	347.585999368	0.417410152
Investment Funds	925.590394721	841.521745257
Insurance & Pensions	71.587992782	181.666274671
Government	1.937719313	4.334008743
Other	221.965230493	64.602270641

^{Central Bank: S121}
^{Banks: S122}
^{Money Market Funds: S123}
^{Investment Funds: S124}
^{Insurance & Pensions: S128/S129}
^{Government: S13}
^{Other: S125/S126/S127/S11/S14/S15}

	Debt	Equity
2016	1489.983	952.792
2017	1579.49	1109.071
2018	1651.278	1093.66

Show Table 1 Resident Holdings of Foreign Portfolio Securities - by Country

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 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018
Australia	12,290	11,365	10,390	10,606	14,574	17,275	37,254	39,246
Austria	1,724	1,440	5,576	5,688	373	990	7,673	8,118
Belgium	5,337	4,987	11,747	12,946	14,015	13,090	31,099	31,023
Bermuda	6,918	7,956	2,930	3,479	19	44	9,867	11,479
Brazil	8,423	7,846	3,939	4,093	929	989	13,291	12,928
Canada	11,110	11,733	15,107	15,370	15,891	22,892	42,108	49,995
Cayman Islands	42,161	50,061	10,271	12,681	5,196	4,147	57,628	66,889
China	16,895	16,258	1,003	1,209	698	728	18,596	18,195
Denmark	5,640	4,809	6,107	5,022	3,781	1,332	15,528	11,163
Finland	5,910	5,885	3,124	3,948	4,380	5,022	13,414	14,855
France	37,524	35,012	69,332	73,609	68,160	58,439	175,016	167,060
Germany	44,213	35,582	47,608	49,879	21,859	20,293	113,680	105,754
Hong Kong	11,809	12,510	981	1,351	1,214	1,253	14,004	15,114
India	13,435	14,006	1,165	1,128	14	0	14,614	15,134
Indonesia	3,162	3,119	5,351	5,858	4	0	8,517	8,977
Italy	34,188	32,301	60,345	63,101	2,828	1,735	97,361	97,137
Japan	66,744	58,326	12,556	13,601	25,525	17,872	104,825	89,799
Jersey	6,019	5,031	3,979	3,826	255	367	10,253	9,224
Korea, Republic of	19,624	16,044	1,631	1,793	547	324	21,802	18,161
Luxembourg	85,206	85,987	22,420	24,860	4,423	4,911	112,049	115,758
Mexico	3,671	3,145	9,553	9,916	469	59	13,693	13,120
Netherlands	26,787	24,523	46,855	50,398	17,650	20,769	91,292	95,690
Norway	3,526	4,801	3,514	4,215	930	1,290	7,970	10,306
Poland	1,493	1,430	5,066	5,053	0	0	6,559	6,483
Portugal	961	1,154	3,274	4,318	55	39	4,290	5,511
Russian Federation	11,118	10,283	12,841	12,275	67	68	24,026	22,626
Singapore	5,379	3,701	1,313	1,815	11,532	8,612	18,224	14,128
South Africa	7,433	6,183	4,584	4,967	4	482	12,021	11,632
Spain	13,967	12,710	32,846	34,710	2,541	2,967	49,354	50,387
Sweden	11,094	11,228	10,978	11,047	22,112	17,392	44,184	39,667
Switzerland	20,047	20,618	4,126	3,912	6,631	6,574	30,804	31,104
Taiwan, Province of China	14,246	13,089	43	28	0	0	14,289	13,117
Turkey	1,951	1,268	4,496	4,214	1	62	6,448	5,544
United Kingdom	139,389	132,439	337,179	367,516	84,485	73,674	561,053	573,629
United States	364,012	388,202	296,507	315,525	102,354	131,466	762,873	835,193
Other countries³	45,665	38,628	46,664	47,935	14,529	8,493	106,859	95,056
International Organisations	0	0	14,468	14,674	1,575	1,062	16,043	15,736
Total	1,109,071	1,093,660	1,129,869	1,206,566	449,620	444,712	2,688,561	2,744,938
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 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018	31 Dec 2017²	31 Dec 2018
Australia	0	0	*	1,342	13,834	15,900	19,859	*	*	*	59	78	546	*	37,254	39,246
Austria	402	518	674	665	50	501	4,557	*	*	*	1	1	*	*	7,673	8,118
Belgium	894	863	1,750	1,912	12,995	12,370	7,953	7,687	*	*	12	26	*	*	31,099	31,023
Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,558	11,053	305	423	4	3	0	0	9,867	11,479
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	13,000	12,756	290	171	1	0	0	1	13,291	12,928
Canada	554	652	1,335	1,423	15,812	22,982	21,595	22,470	*	1,893	27	27	*	548	42,108	49,995
Cayman Islands	0	0	*	*	1,390	730	54,133	63,962	1,589	1,650	65	65	*	*	57,628	66,889
China	0	0	0	*	602	656	*	*	375	*	0	68	*	*	18,596	18,195
Denmark	10	180	538	535	2,663	363	11,043	*	*	*	24	18	*	*	15,528	11,163
Finland	115	95	451	439	3,823	4,615	5,318	*	*	*	4	14	*	*	13,414	14,855
France	5,703	5,627	6,209	6,475	59,324	49,933	70,732	70,720	*	*	759	691	*	*	175,016	167,060
Germany	1,201	1,194	4,765	4,687	17,916	15,505	62,803	57,632	*	*	58	78	*	*	113,680	105,754
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	1,168	1,246	*	*	*	*	4	5	*	*	14,004	15,114
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	14,346	14,814	268	320	0	0	0	0	14,614	15,134
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,427	*	90	*	0	1	0	*	8,517	8,977
Italy	2,869	2,856	15,462	16,806	284	197	37,770	33,292	*	*	128	96	*	*	97,361	97,137
Japan	0	0	*	*	15,784	13,545	81,953	69,674	3,726	3,330	30	45	*	*	104,825	89,799
Jersey	0	0	*	*	197	191	*	*	112	168	0	0	*	*	10,253	9,224
Luxembourg	271	171	1,923	1,391	4,270	4,419	41,328	41,876	*	*	841	781	*	*	112,049	115,758
Mexico	0	0	*	*	0	0	*	*	251	301	6	5	*	*	13,693	13,120
Netherlands	519	353	1,964	2,594	16,372	18,590	51,540	49,592	*	*	146	177	*	*	91,292	95,690
Norway	90	133	700	795	882	1,265	5,701	*	595	*	2	1	0	*	7,970	10,306
Poland	192	181	655	686	0	0	*	*	*	*	0	1	*	*	6,559	6,483
Portugal	248	220	484	1,390	0	24	1,925	1,754	*	*	12	13	*	*	4,290	5,511
Korea, Republic of	85	159	0	0	76	0	*	*	*	*	0	0	*	*	21,802	18,161
Russian Federation	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,091	7,661	*	*	0	0	*	*	24,026	22,626
Singapore	0	0	0	*	11,110	8,443	*	*	*	274	1	2	*	*	18,224	14,128
South Africa	0	0	0	*	3	425	*	*	*	*	0	0	*	*	12,021	11,632
Spain	2,344	2,524	5,825	5,259	200	1,148	26,584	24,332	*	*	67	98	*	*	49,354	50,387
Sweden	45	35	1,267	1,416	21,079	16,493	15,514	15,689	*	*	14	19	*	*	44,184	39,667
Switzerland	61	30	0	*	5,329	5,127	22,390	22,164	*	3,086	44	42	*	*	30,804	31,104
Taiwan Province of China	0	0	0	0	0	0	13,764	12,639	525	477	0	1	0	0	14,289	13,117
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,391	5,475	57	69	0	0	0	0	6,448	5,544
United Kingdom	0	0	4,836	5,060	72,880	63,644	365,355	377,438	*	*	1,392	1,407	*	*	561,053	573,629
United States	0	0	*	*	74,165	86,592	567,020	619,306	38,395	36,022	2,250	2,417	*	*	762,873	835,193
Other countries³	174	161	*	*	5,774	2,827	73,681	74,272	*	1,602	88	92	*	*	106,859	95,056
International Organisations	6,051	5,941	3,062	2,948	791	272	4,199	4,846	695	693	0	0	1,245	1,036	16,043	15,736
Total	21,828	21,893	59,023	61,836	358,773	348,003	1,724,747	1,767,112	262,023	253,254	6,039	6,272	256,128	286,568	2,688,561	2,744,938
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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