Asian region continues to occupy largest share of residents’ investments

The Asian region has continued to occupy the largest share of Macau residents’ external portfolio investments at 53.8%. The rest was mainly placed in the North Atlantic and Caribbean (16.4%), North America (14.2%), Europe (12.2%) and Oceania (1.6%).

Investments in European securities fell 1.2 percentage points to 12.2% in current market share and 16.4% to MOP123.1 billion in market value from end-2021.

Among the European countries, portfolio investments in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Ireland took up larger portions, valued at MOP30.9 billion, MOP25.1 billion and MOP18.7 billion respectively.

Macau residents’ investments in securities issued by unrelated non-residents reached MOP1 trillion at current market value, representing a decline of 8.4% from end-2021 or 6.6% year-on-year.

By the end of June, among the various portfolio investment instruments, equity securities (including mutual funds and investment trust units), long-
term debt securities and short-term debt securities were valued at MOP331.9 billion, MOP623.6 billion and MOP50.6 billion respectively, data from the Monetary Authority of Macao shows.

Meanwhile, the market value of Macau residents’ investments in countries along the “Belt and Road” (excluding China) fell 14.7% from end-2021 to MOP79.9 billion, equivalent to 7.9% of total external portfolio investment.

Meanwhile, the market value of portfolio investments in Portuguese-speaking countries was MOP928.6 million, which was invested in securities issued by entities in Portugal and Brazil. LV