Table 1 – International reserves - actively managed portfolios
Market Value | Average return in reserve currencies. p.a. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
EUR mil | Share | 5 years | 3 years | 1 year | |
Liquidity tranche | 26 351 | 20.6% | 0.93% | 1.64% | 3.89% |
Investment tranche | 101 793 | 79.4% | 2.98% | 1.67% | 6.98% |
Total | 128 144 | 2.14% | 1.78% | 6.40% |
Table 2 – Division of the actively managed international reserves portfolios by investment instrument
Type of investment | Share |
---|---|
Bonds | 64.2% |
– government | 49.4% |
– government agencies | 8.0% |
– supranational issuers | 3.1% |
– MBS and covered bonds | 3.7% |
Money market instruments | 13.1% |
Equities | 21.1% |
Other | 1.6% |
Table 3 – Currency allocation of the international reserves
Currency | Share |
---|---|
EUR | 50.1% |
USD | 30.1% |
CAD | 7.5% |
AUD | 3.8% |
GBP | 3.5% |
JPY | 1.7% |
gold | 1.9% |
SEK | 1.0% |
SDR | 0.4% |
other currencies | 0.0% |
Explanatory notes:
- The average return in reserve currencies p.a. is calculated as the weighted average of the returns on portfolios in the currencies of the respective portfolios; the weights are the ratios of the portfolios’ market value to the total;
- Five years. three years and one year are moving periods. i.e.. for example. a one-year period contains data for the last four quarters.
- Bonds are broken down into four major categories:
- bonds issued by governments.
- bonds of government agencies. i.e. issuers with a close relationship with the central government. whose liabilities are usually explicitly guaranteed by the government.
- supranational issuers include. for example. the BIS. IBRD. EBRD. EIB. etc..
- MBS bonds and covered bonds are mortgage-backed bonds (bonds guaranteed by selected US agencies – MBS or covered bonds typically issued in Europe).
- Other is the sum of the market value of gold and derivative positions. for example. positions in futures contracts. interest rate and FX swaps. etc.