§ There were declines in the public’s holdings in all components of the portfolio other than cash and deposits. In particular, there were sharp declines in holdings of shares in Israel, investments abroad, and corporate bonds, in view of significant price declines in the global and Israeli capital markets.
§ As a result of developments during the quarter, there was a significant decline in the rate of tradable assets as a share of the portfolio, in parallel with a decline in the rate of risk assets.
§ The balance of the asset portfolio managed by institutional investors declined in the first quarter of 2020 by approximately NIS 141 billion (7.4 percent), to about NIS 1.77 trillion.
§ Institutional investors’ rate of exposure to foreign assets declined by about 0.9 percentage points, while in parallel, their exposure to foreign currency declined by approximately 1.6 percentage points.
§ The value of the asset portfolio managed by mutual funds in Israel declined by about NIS 80.6 billion (22.9 percent) in the first quarter of 2020.
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