The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency published its August 2025 monthly statistical report covering second and third pillar pension funds, insurance companies, the capital market and investment funds. The update shows mandatory pension funds’ net assets rising to EUR 25.3bn and UCITS net assets increasing to EUR 3.9bn, while Zagreb Stock Exchange turnover fell to EUR 55.7m and insurers’ gross written premium for the first eight months of 2025 reached EUR 1.4bn. Mandatory pension funds (MPFs) ended August with 2,380,319 members, with category B accounting for 75.68% of members (category A 20.68%, category C 3.64%). Net contributions paid in August totalled EUR 149.0m and payments related to personal account closures totalled EUR 31.6m, down EUR 11.3m month on month; MPF net assets rose by EUR 167.9m (0.7%) to EUR 25.3bn. Monthly nominal Mirex returns were 0.35% (A), 0.18% (B) and 0.11% (C), with annual Mirex returns of 15.25%, 9.06% and 3.15% respectively; bonds represented 56.7% of assets (EUR 14.4bn), equities 23.8% (EUR 6.0bn) and investment funds 10.0% (EUR 2.5bn), with cash and deposits at 6.8% (EUR 1.73bn). In the third pillar, open-ended voluntary pension fund members rose to 432,986 and closed-ended fund members to 50,335; August payments into voluntary pension funds were EUR 9.8m (down 15.6% month on month), payments out were EUR 3.9m (down 7.9%), and net assets increased to EUR 1.56bn. Fourteen insurance companies operated in August, with total premium in the first eight months of 2025 up 7.3% year on year to EUR 1.4bn, split between life insurance (EUR 219.1m) and non-life insurance (EUR 1.1bn); claims settled over the same period totalled EUR 781.1m (down 6.6% year on year). On the capital market, Zagreb Stock Exchange market capitalisation stood at EUR 55.9bn, and the most traded stock was KONČAR d.d. with EUR 12.0m turnover and a 0.4% monthly price decrease. UCITS numbered 117 and reported EUR 3.9bn in net assets (up EUR 68.5m month on month) alongside positive net payments of EUR 74.1m; the Fund for Croatian Homeland War Veterans and Members of their Families reported net assets of EUR 219.8m and a monthly return of -2.2%.
Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency 2025-09-19
Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency publishes August 2025 statistics with mandatory pension fund assets rising to EUR 25.3bn and Zagreb Stock Exchange turnover down 26.5%
The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency's August 2025 report highlights a rise in mandatory pension funds' net assets to EUR 25.3bn and UCITS net assets to EUR 3.9bn, despite a decline in Zagreb Stock Exchange turnover to EUR 55.7m. Insurance companies saw a 7.3% increase in gross written premiums to EUR 1.4bn for the first eight months of 2025. The report also notes decreased payments related to personal account closures and a slight increase in voluntary pension fund net assets.