The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency released its April 2025 statistical overview of pension funds, insurers, capital markets and other financial intermediaries. Mandatory second-pillar pension funds ended April with net assets of EUR 23.9bn, up 0.4% month on month, alongside higher insurance premium income over the first four months of 2025 and stronger turnover on the Zagreb Stock Exchange. Mandatory pension funds (MPFs) had 2,354,670 members, up 0.13% from the previous month, with category B holding 76.7% of members. Net contributions paid to MPFs in April totalled EUR 142.4m, while payments due to personal account closures were EUR 31.3m, up EUR 8.9m from March; monthly Mirex returns were 0.31% (A), -0.06% (B) and 0.68% (C). MPF portfolios remained bond-heavy at EUR 14.0bn (58.7% of assets), with equities at 23.2% (EUR 5.5bn) and cash and deposits rising to 6.4% (EUR 1.5bn). In the third pillar, open-ended voluntary pension funds had 425,463 members and closed-ended funds 50,184, with total net assets at EUR 1.47bn; April payments into voluntary funds were EUR 10.9m and payments out were EUR 5.8m, mainly for retirement and other reasons (71.8%). The insurance market comprised 14 companies, with total premium collected in January–April at EUR 665.7m (up 9.6% year on year) and claims settled of EUR 401.5m (down 10.2%). On the Zagreb Stock Exchange, April turnover reached EUR 79.2m (up 42.8% month on month) and market capitalisation stood at EUR 51.8bn; CROBEX slipped 0.2%. UCITS net assets rose 0.9% to EUR 3.6bn on net inflows of EUR 56.4m, driven by money market funds (EUR 100.0m), while leasing companies reported EUR 4.3bn in assets at end-Q1 2025 (up 15.3% year on year) and factoring companies reported HRK 15.6m in assets.

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