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A pension fund, also known as a superannuation fund in some countries, is any plan, fund, or scheme which provides retirement income.

Pension funds in 2005

Pension funds typically have large amounts of money to invest and are the major investors in listed and private companies. They are especially important to the stock market where large institutional investors dominate. The largest 300 pension funds collectively hold about $6 trillion in assets.[1] In January 2008, The Economist reported that Morgan Stanley estimates that pension funds worldwide hold over US$20 trillion in assets, the largest for any category of investor ahead of mutual funds, insurance companies, currency reserves, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, or private equity.[2]

The Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund is the world's largest public pension fund which oversees $2.743 trillion USD in assets.[3]

Classifications

Open vs. closed pension funds

Open pension funds support at least one pension plan with no restriction on membership while closed pension funds support only pension plans that are limited to certain employees.[4]

Closed pension funds are further subclassified into:

  • Single employer pension funds
  • Multi-employer pension funds
  • Related member pension funds
  • Individual pension funds

Public vs. private pension funds

A public pension fund is one that is regulated under public sector law while a private pension fund is regulated under private sector law.

In certain countries the distinction between public or government pension funds and private pension funds may be difficult to assess. In others, the distinction is made sharply in law, with very specific requirements for administration and investment. For example, local governmental bodies in the United States are subject to laws passed by the states in which those localities exist, and these laws include provisions such as defining classes of permitted investments and a minimum municipal obligation.[5][6]

Largest pension funds

Country Fund Assets US$ (in billions) Reporting
Period 		Inception Origin
 United States Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (Social Security) $2743[7] 2017 1935 Non-commodity
 Australia Australian National Superannuation Scheme $2530[8] 2017
 Japan Government Pension Investment Fund $1103[9] 2015 2006 Non-commodity
 Norway Government Pension Fund of Norway $898[9] 2015 1990 Oil
 United States Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund $898[10] 2017 1920 Non-commodity
 United States Military Retirement Fund $654[11] 2017 Non-commodity
 United States Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) $483[12] 2016 1986 Non-commodity
 South Korea National Pension Service (NPS) $419[9] 2015 1988 Non-commodity
 Netherlands Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (ABP) $388[13] (€344) 1922 Non-commodity
 Canada Canada Pension Plan and CPP Investment Board $317[14] 2017 1965 Non-commodity
 Canada (Quebec) Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (The Caisse, or CDPQ) $299[15] 2017 1965 Non-commodity
 United States (California) California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) $290[16] 1932 Non-commodity
 China National Social Security Fund $251[9] 2015 2000 Non-commodity
 Singapore Central Provident Fund $208[17] 2014 1955 Non-commodity
 United States (California) California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) $206[18] 2017 1913 Non-commodity
 Netherlands Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW, formerly PGGM) $183[19] (€162) 1969 Non-commodity
 Malaysia Employees Provident Fund $185[17] 2014 1991 Non-commodity
 Canada (Ontario) Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan $176[20] 2016 1989 Non-commodity
 Chile AFP $160[21] 2014 1980 Non-commodity
 India Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) $128[9] 2015 1952 Non-commodity
 Denmark Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP) $124[22] 2017 1964 Non-commodity
 South Africa Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) $112 (ZAR1426b) 1996 Non-commodity
 Brazil Caixa de Previdencia dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil (PREVI) $80[23] 1904 Finance
 France AGIRC - ARRCO $70[9] 2015 2001 Non-commodity
 Ireland National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) $30[24] 2001 Non-commodity
 France Pensions Reserve Fund (France) (NPRF) $56[25] 2001 Non-commodity
 United States (Ohio) State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio) $76[26] 2017 1919 Defined Benefit Pension

By country

Australia

Main article: Superannuation in Australia

Government

Industry (not-for-profit)

[27]

Private

Brazil

  • Aceprev
  • Baneses
  • Banesprev
  • Centrus
  • FAPES
  • Forluz
  • Funcef
  • Fundação Banrisul
  • Fundação CESP
  • Fundação Itaubanco
  • Petros
  • PREVI - Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil[28] (the closed private pension fund for employees of the Brazilian federal government-owned bank)
  • Sistel
  • Valia

Canada

Government

Private

Chile

China

Greece

Government

  • Public Employees Pension Fund[29]

Private

  • TAPILTAT, the Fund for Mutual Assistance of the Employees of Ioniki Bank and Other Banks, the multi-employer auxiliary pension fund

Hong Kong

India

  • Employees' Provident Fund Organisation – a statutory body of the government of India that administers a compulsory Provident Fund Scheme, Pension Scheme and an Insurance Scheme. Provident Fund is applicable across for employees across establishments (private as well as government, subject to criteria). EPF is the largest social security organisation in India with assets well over ₹ 5 lakh crore (US$104 billion) as of 2014.[30]
  • National Pension Scheme – a defined-contribution–based pension scheme launched by the government of India open to all citizens of India on a voluntary basis and mandatory for the employees of central government (except Indian Armed Forces) who are appointed on or after 1 January 2004. Indian citizens between the age of 18 and 65 are eligible to join.[31]

Japan

Malaysia

Morocco

Nepal

Netherlands

Norway

Romania

The pension system in Romania is made of three pillars. One is the state pension (Pillar I – Mandatory), the second is a private mandatory pension where the state transfers a percentage of the contribution it collects for the public pension, and the third is an optional private pension (Pillar III – Voluntary).

The Financial Supervisory Authority – Private Pension is responsible for the supervision and regulation of the private pension system.[33]

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Switzerland

Turkey

Government

Social Security Institution was established by the Social Security Institution Law No:5502 which was published in the Official Gazette No: 26173 dated 20.06.2006 and brings the Social Insurance Institution, General Directorate of Bağ-kur and General Directorate of Emekli Sandığı whose historical development are summarized above under a single roof in order to transfer five different retirement regimes which are civil servants, contractual paid workers, agricultural paid workers, self-employers and agricultural self-employers into a single retirement regime that will offer equal actuarial rights and obligations.

Private

  • Armed Forces Pension Fund[34]

OYAK (Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurumu/Armed Forces Pension Fund) provides its members with "supplementary retirement benefits" apart from the official retirement fund, T.C.Emekli Sandığı/SSK, to which they are primarily affiliated.

In addition to the retirement benefit, OYAK pays "disability benefits" to the members on duty when they become partially or fully disabled as well as "death benefits" to the heirs of the deceased member if the death occurs during the member's subscription to the foundation.

OYAK is incorporated as a private entity under its own law subject to Turkish civic and commercial codes. OYAK, while fulfilling its legal duties, as set in the law, also provides its members with social services such as loans, home loans and retirement income systems.

The initial source of OYAK's funds is a compulsory 10 percent levy on the base salary of Turkey's 200,000 serving officers who, together with 25,000 current pensioners, make up OYAK's members.

Some other Turkish private pension funds:

  • YAPI ve KREDİ BANKASI A.Ş. Mensupları Yardım ve Emekli Sandığı Vakfı
  • AKBANK T.A.Ş. Mensupları Tekaüt Sandığı Vakfı
  • TÜRKİYE GARANTİ BANKASI A.Ş. Memur ve Müstahdemleri Emekli ve Yardım Sandığı Vakfı
  • TÜRKİYE ODALAR BORSALAR VE BİRLİK PERSONELİ SİGORTA VE EMEKLİ SANDIĞI VAKFI
  • TÜRKİYE İŞ BANKASI A.Ş. Mensupları Emekli Sandığı Vakfı

United States

In the United States, pension funds include schemes which result in a deferral of income by employees, even if retirement income provision isn't the intent.[35] The United States has $19.1 trillion in retirement and pension assets ($9.1 trillion in private funds, $10 trillion in public funds) as of December 31, 2016.[36] The largest 200 pension funds accounted for $4.540 trillion as of September 30, 2009.[37]

Government

Main article: Public employee pension plans in the United States

See also

References

  1. ^ Global Investment Review
  2. ^ The Economist Jan 17, 2008 (economist.com)
  3. ^ "Investment results for the third quarter of fiscal 2015" (PDF). Bloomberg. 2015.
  4. ^ OECD
  5. ^ For examples, see "Local Government Law Library". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "The 20 largest pension funds of the globe". www.consultancy.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  7. ^ Budget of the United States Government, FY2019, published February 12, 2018. Value as of September 30, 2017 Office of Management and Budget Retrieved February 15, 2018
  8. ^ Superannuation Statistics, 2017. Value as of June 30, 2017. Retrieved Oct 29, 2017
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Survey of Large Pension Funds and Public Pension Reserve Funds" (PDF). OECD. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  10. ^ Budget of the United States Government, FY2018, published February 12, 2018. Value as of September 30, 2017. Office of Management and Budget Retrieved February 15, 2018
  11. ^ Budget of the United States Government, FY2019, published February 12, 2018. Value as of September 30, 2017. Office of Management and Budget Retrieved February 15, 2018
  12. ^ Financial Statements of the Thrift Savings Fund December 31, 2016 and 2015. As of December 31, 2016. Thrift Savings Fund. Retrieved February 15, 2018
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ "CPP Fund Totals $317 Billion at 2017 Fiscal Year-End". www.cppib.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  15. ^ http://www.lacaisse.com/en/results
  16. ^ "Current Investment Fund Values". Calpers.ca.gov. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  17. ^ a b "The world's 300 largest pension funds – year end 2014". Willis Towers Watson.
  18. ^ "Investments Overview". calstrs.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  19. ^ https://www.pfzw.nl/over-ons/pers/paginas/kwartaalberichten.aspx
  20. ^ https://www.otpp.com/investments/performance
  21. ^ http://www.emol.com/noticias/economia/2015/01/23/700604/donde-estan-invertidas-las-platas-de-los-trabajadores-en-chile.html
  22. ^ The ATP Group Annual Report 2017
  23. ^ Official WebSite of PREVI - English Version
  24. ^ NPRF
  25. ^ FRR 2012 Annual Report
  26. ^ [2]
  27. ^ http://www.industrysuper.com/choose-a-fund/
  28. ^ http://www.previ.com.br Official Website of PREVI
  29. ^ Public Employees Pension Fund
  30. ^ EPF
  31. ^ PFRDA
  32. ^ [3] Archived November 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ http://www.csspp.ro
  34. ^ Armed Forces Pension Fund
  35. ^ 29 USC § 1002 - Definitions | Title 29 - Labor | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute. Law.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
  36. ^ Federal Reserve Statistical Release, Financial Accounts of the United States, Fourth Quarter 2016, see pp.94-99. Values as of December 31, 2016. Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Reported March 9, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017
  37. ^ P&I Online
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