USA: institutional ownership of US stocks

Research highlighting the changes in ownership of the shares of the USA's largest 1000 companies has been published by The Conference Board. The research indicates that institutions - pension funds, investment companies, insurance companies, banks and foundations - now own over three quarters of the stock in such companies.  In 1987 less than half of the stock of these companies was owned by institutions. A summary of the research is available here.

Notes: 

[1] The Conference Board's research has been reported here by the UK's Financial Times newspaper.

[2] Click here for data concerning the ownership of listed company shares in the UK.