The balance of investment trusts for individuals reached a record high of more than 113 trillion yen due to stock price recovery at 18:44 on September 11
As of the end of last month, the balance of investment trusts for individuals who invest money collected from investors in stocks and manage them reached a total of more than 113 trillion yen, a new record high.
According to the announcement of the "Investment Trust Association" made by asset management companies, the balance of investment trusts managed by stocks sold to domestic individual investors increased by 5% from the previous month as of the end of last month 113. It was 1,119.4 billion yen.
It surpassed the record high of 109,0907.6 billion yen as of the end of December last year, and reached a record high for the first time in eight months.
In the world's major stock markets, stock prices plummeted temporarily due to the impact of the new corona virus, but since then, stock prices have continued to recover due to the large-scale monetary easing measures of central banks in each country, and investment This led to an increase in the balance of the trust.
Naoyuki Ichikura, director of the statistics and information department of the Investment Trusts Association, said at a press conference There seems to be growing interest in mutual funds as one of the asset formation options that we have prepared. "