The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency published its May 2026 monthly report on supervised entities, pointing to broad asset growth across pensions and investment funds, stronger activity on the Zagreb Stock Exchange and continued growth in insurance premiums. Mandatory pension fund net assets rose by EUR 573.2m month on month to EUR 28.3bn, voluntary pension fund assets increased by EUR 37.3m to EUR 1.76bn and UCITS assets grew by EUR 57.2m to EUR 4.3bn. In insurance, gross written premium in the first five months of 2026 reached EUR 900.8m, up 6.7% from a year earlier, while Zagreb Stock Exchange turnover in May increased 88.6% from the previous month to EUR 95.1m. Within pensions, mandatory funds had 2,409,973 members at end-May and recorded monthly Mirex returns of 2.94% for category A, 1.86% for category B and 0.32% for category C. Their portfolios remained bond-heavy, with bonds accounting for 55.47% of assets, followed by equities at 25.6% and investment funds at 12.4%. Voluntary pension funds also expanded their membership base, while monthly payments into the funds totaled EUR 12.0m and payments out totaled EUR 5.8m. In insurance, 14 companies operated in the market, with non-life business making up 84.9% of premium and claims settled in the first five months totaling EUR 531.5m, down 5.3% from the same period in 2025. In capital markets, total market capitalization reached EUR 58.5bn and the main CROBEX index rose 4.5% on the month. For UCITS, net monthly subscriptions were positive at EUR 5.8m, led by equity and money market funds, and all fund categories posted positive asset-weighted average monthly returns.

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