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In 2008 foreign investors accounted for 43% of equity trading, whereas domestic institutions accounted for 39% of the volume. Individual investors, on the other hand, accounted for 18% of trading volume. – "The survey findings confirmed the trend that we observed in 2008 – said Tomasz Wiśniewski, Deputy Director Information Products Department."
Already in the first half of the year, the share of foreign investors in equity trading was up 5 percent compared to the previous survey. In the second half of 2008, that trend persisted. On the equity market, in the foreign investor category a predominant role was played by brokers from the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, followed by Austrian and French members. The highest share in trading in the category of domestic institutions was held by mutual and pension funds, followed by market makers and asset management firms.
The futures contracts and options market is still dominated by domestic individual investors. In 2008 the share of individuals in futures trading was 53 percent, and 58 percent in options trading. Domestic financial institutions accounted for 37 percent of contracts volumes and 30 percent of options trading. Foreign investors accounted for 10 percent of futures market and 12 percent of options market.
The WSE survey findings also show an increase in the number of investors operating on the stock exchange via Internet accounts. At the end of 2008, brokerage houses ran in excess of 320 thousand Internet accounts, which was 1/3 of all investment accounts. Individual investors trading via Internet accounted for 65 percent of volumes on the equity market and 78 percent on the futures market. .
