Assets of open-end investment companies

Investment Company Institute

Assets of Open-end Investment Companies
Non-USA countries	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Australia^a	35,543	19,280	24,556	44,036	36,505R	47,761
Austria	15,079	15,029	18,174	23,492	33,452	39,543
Belgium	6,067	8,954	15,149	18,877	25,553	29,247
Brazil	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	103,786
Canada^a	43,195	52,921	86,567	90,349	107,812R	211,771
Denmark	3,729	3,658	4,401	5,448	6,455R	9,338
Finland	77	110	618	1,089	1,211	1,936^d
France	429,556	447,338	483,327	496,743	519,376	534,145
Germany public	77,266	70,196	78,552	112,697	134,543	137,860
special	88,942	101,405	133,734	160,335	213,047	241,642^d
Greece	952	1,018	3,465	6,111	10,303	15,788
Hong Kong	N/A	16,351	31,135	29,552	33,695	41,017
India	7,895	5,835	7,925	11,669	10,107	9.717^f
Ireland^b	7,452	5,905	5,244	7,806	8,461	N/A
Italy	48,823	41,036	64,272	79,042	79,878	129,755
Japan	323,913	346,924	454,608	435,603	469,980	420,103
Korea	37,050	49,183	69,988	81,304	92,405R	N/A
Luxembourg	117,112	182,244	247,804	283,020	285,448	343,501^e
Mexico	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9,025	N/A
Netherlands^a	21,340	34,797	48,530	62,100	62,128	67,147
New Zealand^a	N/A	1,062	1,833	2,471	6,868	7,686
Norway	2,481	2,722	4,737	5,119	6,834	9,930
Portugal	6,380	7,925	9,319	12,854	14,233	17,087
South Africa	N/A	4,524	4,647	7,421	9,226	9,354
Spain	40,025	54,699	72,058	84,877	99,923	144,134
Sweden	20,779	18,108	24,356	20,208	27,388	34,981
Switzerland	20,006	24,304	34,094	38,864	44,638	48,166
Taiwan	N/A	N/A	N/A	3,616	4,388	8,351^e
United Kingdom^c	104,394	91,153	131,455	133,092	154,452	201,304
Total non-USA	1,457,056	1,606,681	2,060,548	2,258,125	2,507,344	2,865,050
USA long term	853,057	1,100,065	1,510,047	1,550,490	2,067,337	2,637,398
short term	542,442	546,195	565,319	611,005	753,018	901,807
Total USA	1,395,498	1,646,259	2,075,366	2,161,495	2,820,355	3,539,205
Total World	2,852,554	3,252,940	4,135,914	4,419,620	5,327,689	6,404,255

^a=Includes real estate funds

^b=Approximately 95 percent relates to life insurance-linked funds; the other 5 percent are unit investment trusts

^c=Fund-of-fund assets not included

^d=As of September 30, 1996

^e=As of June 30, 1996

^f=As of March 31, 1996

R=Revised

Note: Comparison of annual total assets across countries is not recommended because reporting coverage, dates and definitions are not consistent

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