Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency publishes January 2026 monthly report with mandatory pension fund assets rising 2.1% to EUR 27.0bn

The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency published its January 2026 monthly report on Croatia’s non-banking financial sectors. Net assets of mandatory second-pillar pension funds rose 2.1% on a monthly basis to EUR 27.0bn, UCITS assets increased 2.2% to EUR 4.1bn with positive net payments, and Zagreb Stock Exchange turnover fell to EUR 66.1m even as market capitalisation increased. Mandatory pension funds ended January with 2,403,434 members, up 0.14% from the previous month, and reported net contributions of EUR 143.5m and EUR 28.7m of payments tied to personal account closures; monthly Mirex returns were 3.29% (category A), 1.78% (category B) and 0.18% (category C). Bonds remained the largest MPF holding at 55.5% (EUR 15.0bn), while equities increased to 25.0% (EUR 6.8bn). In the third pillar, open-ended and closed-ended voluntary pension funds had 419,006 and 51,080 members respectively, with net assets up 1.9% to EUR 1.69bn; January payments into voluntary pension funds fell to EUR 15.2m and payments out rose to EUR 7.8m. The insurance market comprised 14 companies, collecting EUR 153.1m of premium in January with claims settled of EUR 86.7m, while two pension insurance companies reported EUR 700.3m in assets at end-2025 and EUR 1.3m profit for 2025. Other indicators include Zagreb Stock Exchange market capitalisation up 4.4% to EUR 57.8bn, 107 UCITS operating on the market, 15 leasing companies with EUR 4.5bn in assets at end-2025, and three factoring companies with EUR 21.5m in assets.