Quarterly Pension Fund Assets and Liabilities by Geographical Area from 1986

European pension fund statistical balance sheet items, broken down by geographical area and maturity, on a quarterly basis. The dataset originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and has been collected since 1986. It is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license via the EU Open Data platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze pension fund asset-liability mismatches based on the maturity breakdown mentioned in the description
• Model geographical diversification of pension fund investments based on the area breakdown
• Track long-term trends in pension fund balance sheets based on the quarterly data starting from 1986

Strengths

• Quarterly time series provides high-frequency observations for trend analysis
• Data collection spans over three decades, starting from 1986, enabling long-term studies
• Includes a maturity breakdown, which is a key feature for financial risk assessment

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Statistical reporting

Time Range

From 1986 onward

Freshness

Quarterly

Geography

Geographical areas relevant to European pension funds