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NOK 7 809 billion in portfolio investments
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2015-07-03T10:00:00.000Z
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portinvutl, Portfolio investment abroad, assets, securities, shares, bondsForeign assets and liabilities , External economy
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The statistics show the Norwegian portfolio investment by sector, instrument and country. In 2014 the investment was NOK 7 809 billion at the end of the year.

Portfolio investment abroad, 2014

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NOK 7 809 billion in portfolio investments

Portfolio investments in equity amounted to NOK 4 572 billion at the end of 2014. Debt securities amounted to NOK 3 237 billion.

Norway's portfolio investment abroad, by type of sectors and financial instrument per 31 December. NOK billion.Published 3 July 2015
2011201220132014
Portfolio investment, total4 4424 9886 3597 809
Sector
Central Government3 2973 8115 0486 341
Banks214226250237
Insurance and pension fonds401394443488
Unit trusts233273362422
Other financial corporations207191172236
Non-financial corporations, households etc.89938485
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Equities, for all sectors2 3992 7853 6934 572
Debt securities, for all sectors2 0432 2032 6663 237

Source: Statistics Norway

There has been a big increase in the Norwegian portfolio investments abroad in the last six years. In 2009, the investments amounted to NOK 3 757 billion and in 2014 the investment at the end of the year was NOK 7 809 billion. In the last two years there has been a considerable increase in portfolio investments, from NOK 4 988 to NOK 7 809 billion.

There has been a stable distribution between equity and debt instruments in the last six years, where on average, 55 per cent are equities. The government sector is the dominating sector with a share of 81 per cent of Norway’s total portfolio investments abroad. The sectors insurance, including pension funds, and unit trust each have a 6 per cent share.

The central government sector, dominated by the Government Pension Fund Global, has placed NOK 6 341 billion in portfolio investments abroad by the end of 2014. The sector has investments in more than 90 countries, where the largest position placements are in the USA with NOK 1 982 billion.

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