Investments galore
According to the association, the main reason for the increase is that the total return on investment for last year was DKK 94 billion.
The largest returns among equity funds in 2021 were within the North American and global equity categories, which saw increases of 33 and 28 percent, respectively.
The European and Danish equity categories also delivered and gave an average return of 25 and 20 percent, while Emerging Markets returned 2 percent (see picture below).
Apart from the return, the total assets in the funds were driven up by investor acquisitions for a net DKK 29 billion.
In comparison, the figures were NOK 6 billion in 2019 and NOK 24 billion in 2020.
“Over the last few years, people in Denmark have really switched to investing,” said Valgreen.
Source: The Nordic Page