Institutional investors (insurance companies, pension funds, and investment companies) are major collectors of savings and suppliers of funds to financial markets. The role of institutional investors as financial intermediaries and their impact on investment strategies has grown significantly over recent years along with deregulation and globalisation of financial markets. This publication provides a unique set of comprehensive statistics on institutional saving and investment in the OECD area and updates the statistics published in 2000 under the same title.
ALSO AVAILABLE As from beginning 2002, the database of Institutional Investors will be available on CD-ROM and on line at www.OECD-iLibrary.org.
COUNTRIES COVERED: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.