How is portfolio investment defined in the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)?

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Portfolio investment is defined as cross border transactions and positions involving debt or equity securities, other than those included in direct investment or reserve assets (see the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6), paragraph 6.54).

The CPIS dataset can be found here.

The link to Chapter 6 of the BPM6 is located here.

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