- The structure of investors on the GPW Main Market changed modestly in H1 2015. Foreign investors generated 51% of trade (+2 percentage points compared to all of 2014), institutional investors 37% (-1 percentage point), and retail investors 12% (-1 percentage point).
- Retail investors remained in the lead on NewConnect with a share of 79% of trade in H1 2015 (+9 percentage points compared to all of 2014). The share of institutional investors was 15% (-8 percentage points) while the share of foreign investors was 6% (-1 percentage point).
- Domestic individual investors were in the lead on the derivatives market in H1 2015.
GPW Main Market
Foreign investors generated the biggest part of trade on the GPW Main Market in H1 2015, similar to previous years. They contributed 51% of trade in equities in H1 2015, compared to 49% in all of 2014. The increase by two percentage points demonstrates, among others, the success of GPW’s initiatives aimed at international promotion of the Polish capital market. It also results from the bridging of a gap following a decrease of the share of pension funds in trade on GPW.
Domestic financial institutions generated 37% of trade in H1 2015, i.e., one percentage point less than in all of 2014. Market makers were the leading group of domestic institutions in H1 2015 (35%), followed by investment funds (31%) and pension funds (14%).
The share of retail investors in trade on the Main Market was 13% in all of 2014. In H1 2015 their share in trade decreased to 12%.
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