Abstract
Overview
Introduction
This report is most appropriate for companies looking for an overview of the
retail investments markets in order to assess the level of market opportunity
(using our market data and forecasts), regulatory barriers and opportunities,
and level of competition in the market. For more detailed market data please
refer to Datamonitor' s Retail Savings and Investments Interactive Database
2006.
Scope
- Presents competitor market data for retail banks and mutual fund companies;
- Assesses regulatory barriers and opportunities;
- 5 years historic data from 2001-5 and 5 year forecast to 2010.
Report Highlights
From 2001 to 2005, the total retail savings and investments market in Norway
expanded at a compound annual rate of 9.4%. Over the next five years, this
rate will fall to 5.4%.
Act no. 11 of March 4th 2005 introduced amendments to the Securities Trading
Act, which became effective on July 1st 2006. The revised Act required
security to be provided for investment firms and established the Investment
Firms' Guarantee Fund, to be financed by investment firms and other licensed
securities traders.
The DnB NOR Bank Group led the Norwegian banking sector, by customer deposits
as at December 2005. Apart from its Norwegian retail banking operations, the
DnB NOR Group is also present in Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
and Poland through NORD/LB, which it owns jointly with Norddeutsche Landesbank.
Reasons to Purchase
- Get an overview of the retail investment market, including past growth and
forecast growth;
- Assess regulatory barriers and opportunities affecting retail investments
in this country;
- Analyze competition from retail banks and mutual fund companies.