On the Bucharest Stock Exchange there are over 91,700 investors,2800 fewer than at the beginning of the year, the bulk of whom haveshares worth less than 15,000 euros in their portfolios, the capfor full compensation in case of losses generated by the bankruptcyof a brokerage firm.
The overall value of portfolios held by Stock Exchange investorshas fallen by 94 million RON (22 million euros) in the first ninemonths of the year to 11.4 billion RON (2.68 billion euros), whilethe number of investment accounts fell by 2,790 in the first ninemonths, to 91,721, according to statistics supplied by theInvestors Compensation Fund - the institution in charge ofcompensating investors in case of a broker's bankruptcy.
The overall value of these portfolios takes into consideration thevalue of shares registered in the accounts opened by investors withbrokerage firms, banks, and investment management companies,including investors' placements in futures on the Sibiu StockExchange, and even shares bought on foreign markets through localbrokerage firms.
The number of trading accounts on the capital market is less thanhalf the number of investors in mutual funds. At the end ofSeptember over 210,000 individuals and corporate entities hadinvestments in mutual funds.
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