Albania Financial Services Authority publishes Jan–Sep 2025 off-exchange government securities statistics with individuals at 98.13% of trades and own-portfolio sales down 67.56%

The Albania Financial Services Authority published statistical data on the off-exchange market for government securities covering January to September 2025, showing that market volume was largely driven by primary-auction order transmission and redemptions at maturity. In the off-exchange secondary market, activity was dominated by individual investors. By total volume, “receiving and transmitting orders in the primary market (auction)” accounted for 54.03% and “redemption of nominal value at maturity” for 40.09%. In the off-exchange secondary market, long-term instruments (bonds) represented 54.33% of volume versus 45.67% for short-term instruments (Treasury bills), while 72.51% of transactions by count were in Treasury bills; individuals executed 98.13% of all secondary-market transactions. For transaction types B, C and F, type B (sale from a bank or broker’s own portfolio when executing a client order) fell by ALL 4,938 million (67.56%) in nominal value and by 52.91% in number of transactions versus January to September 2024, while type C (purchase by a bank or broker from an investor before maturity) rose by ALL 40.71 million (1.99%) in nominal value alongside a 4.81% fall in transaction count; no type F transactions were executed, and the combined B, C and F nominal value declined by around ALL 5,103 million.