Global securities investment value up 11% in 2012
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Cross-border holdings of securities increased by 10.7 per cent in 2012, to US$43.6 trillion from $39.3 trillion in 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s 2012 Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS).
The preliminary result showed that the value of holdings of equity securities (17.7 per cent) and of long-term debt securities (8.0 per cent). The higher value of equities reflects a recovery in prices observed in some economies in 2012. Holdings of short-term debt securities declined by 2.9 per cent in 2012.
