0 Administrative Information about the Statistical Product

0.1 Name
Portfolio investments.

Statistics on the financial account of the balance of payments were commenced in 1931 due to currency restrictions, but first published in a tables format as from 1947.

The users are ministries, professional and industrial bodies, Danmarks Nationalbank, banks and mortgage banks, the ECB, IMF, OECD, BIS, etc.

• Statistics on balance sheets and flows of the MFI sector, cf. the Sources and method of the statistics
• General-government statistics 
• Securities statistics, cf. the Sources and method of the statistics
• Reporting by enterprises.

The main source for these statistics is Danmarks Nationalbank's Securities statistics, described in further detail in section 1.2.Link

0.7 Legal Authority to Collect Data
Pursuant to section 14a of the National Bank of Denmark Act, inserted by Act no. 579 of 1 June 2010, Danmarks Nationalbank has separate authority to collect, compile and publish statistical information to perform its tasks. The collected information may be used for other purposes than compilation of statistics. This particularly applies in connection with oversight of financial stability and when laying down monetary and foreign-exchange policies, as well as in relation to Danmarks Nationalbank's participation in the European cooperation in the financial area.

0.9 EU Regulation
The collection of data is based on Guideline of the ECB of 16 July 2004 on the statistical reporting requirements of the ECB in the field of balance of payments and international investment position statistics (ECB/2004/15) amended in ECB/2007/3.

1 Contents

1.1 Description of Contents
The statistics comprise monthly external transactions of portfolio investments distributed by instrument, currency, country and sector.

1.2 Statistical Concepts
Data on foreign portfolio investments are primarily based on Danmarks Nationalbank's Securities statistics, which is described in the following. For a detailed description of the other sources reference is made to the Sources and method of Danmarks Nationalbank's statistics Balance of payments – Financial account.

The transactions are grouped by instrument, currency, country and sector, cf. below.

• Portfolio investments, i.e. transactions in shares and other equity instruments that are not direct investments, and in bonds, etc. (also known as debt instruments). Bonds, etc. are broken down by short-term (less than 1 year) and long-term (more than 1 year) maturity.

• Non-financial corporations.
• Danmarks Nationalbank, including specification of its reserve assets by instrument.
• Other MFIs. Banks are specified in a separate table.
• Other financial intermediaries, etc., including investment associations and investment companies, leasing and other financing companies as well as financial auxiliaries.
• Insurance corporations and pension funds, including ATP. Before 2005 ATP is included under General government.
• General government.
• Households, etc., including charities, etc. that supply goods and services to households.

In Danmarks Nationalbank's Securities statistics accrued interest is calculated on the basis of the master data of the security, i.e. principal, coupon interest, etc. Account is also taken of imputed interest due to reduction of maturity when the issue price deviates from par. In Danmarks Nationalbank's Statistics on balance sheets of banks and mortgage banks, accrued interest is reported on all external accounts.

2.3 Punctuality
The statistics are usually published without delay in relation to the scheduled date.

2.4 Frequency
Monthly.

3 Accuracy

3.1 Overall Accuracy
The statistics are primarily based on the Securities statistics, cf. the Declaration of contents of these statistics. The accuracy of the information originating from the enterprises own reports depends on the quality of the individual reports. For the other sources, cf. the Declarations of contents for the statistics in question.

3.2 Sources of Inaccuracy
This statistics cover nearly 100 per cent of the population. Concerning specific uncertainties in relation to the sources please confer the the section 0.6.

3.3 Measures of Accuracy
There are not any measurements of the uncertainties concerning the statistics available.

4 Comparability

4.1 Comparability over Time
At the turn of 2004/05 Danmarks Nationalbank implemented a different system for collecting information on Denmark's international investment position and the financial account of the balance of payments, including portfolio investments. This means that data from before 2005 was gathered in a different way.

4.2 Comparability with other Statistics
There are no comparable statistics.

4.3 Coherence between Provisional and Final Statistics
The statistics are normally revised 2 reference periods back when the present month is published, cf. also Danmarks Nationalbank's revision policy for financial statistics and the appurtenant revision cycle.

5 Accessibility

5.1 Forms of Dissemination
Published monthly via:

www.nationalbanken.dk
http://nationalbanken.statbank.dk
www.statbank.dk

5.2 Basic Material: Storage and Usability
These Sources and method do not comprise data which are stored.

5.3 Documentation
The compilation of the balance of payments  is described in detail in Jens Hald,  Denmark's balance of payments and international investment position, Danmarks Nationalbank, 2007.

5.4 Other Information
No further information is available.

6 Supplementary Documentation
None.