Introduction
Datamonitor's European Retail Savings and Investments Databook 2004 report is
a compendium to the European savings and investment industry. This Databook
gives a comprehensive overview of where European households channelled their
assets during 1999-2003. Forecasts are provided for each market up to 2008,
detailing market size and growth for four non-life retail savings and investment
products.
Scope of this report
- Standardized data on 12 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
UK
- Detailed breakdown of the savings and investment market into retail
deposits, mutual funds, direct bond and equity investment over 1999-2003
Research and analysis highlights
The retail savings and investment market in Ireland is the smallest of the
European countries analysed, despite experiencing the largest compound growth
per annum of 9.4% since 1999.
Since 1999, retail direct equity balances in Norway contracted at a CAGR of
5.7%. It is noteworthy that while during 1999-2003, markets such as France,
Spain and the UK fell by 40.1%, 19.9% and 35.4% respectively, higher oil prices
ensured that the Norwegian stock market fell by a mere 3.9% in absolute terms
over this period.
The large direct retail bond markets in Europe contracted in the recent
years. Germany and Italy are the only two big-5 European markets that
experienced positive growth over 1999-2003.
Key reasons to read this report
- Assess the relative size and industry dynamics in each of the core
European savings and investment markets to clearly identify key strategic
issues;
- Access independent forecasts of European savings and investment markets to
identify countries and product sectors for future investment;
- Develop strategies to acquire market share based on outlook going forward.
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