White papers and reports broadly related to the topic of pension funds in Asia, with a particular focus on Japan, China and Hong Kong. The most read white papers on Asian pension funds analyse the Chinese pensions system, the Japanese pensions systems and pensions systems in East and South East Asia. In particular, a number of articles consider Japan's GPIF...
(Government Pension Investment Fund) and its management of assets. Further research and surveys consider other aspects of Asian pension schemes; the trends in Asian pension asset allocation, the effectiveness of pension fund governance, pension reform in China and elsewhere, and the trend towards longer-term investing. To search for keywords within the Asian Pension Funds category, use the search bar to the right of this text.
The Global Pension Assets Study estimates global pension fund assets across 22 major pension markets (the P22). These geographies now total a record US$56.6 trillion in pension assets and account for 76% of the GDP of these economies. The study, conducted by WTW and the Thinking Ahead Institute since the 1990s, includes an…
The Survey analysis reveals that risk management is becoming a strategic and business priority across global pension and sovereign funds. The risk function should not be restricted to a simple 'middle or back office' role, and is progressively repositioned and empowered to make a difference and help the…
To create this report Aon relied on the following information: a quantitative online survey with global institutional investors, including Aon clients, was conducted between April and June 2021. The survey captured sentiments of 271 investment professionals globally.
The size of the SWF industry increased a 6% year-on-year in 2021 and exceeded the $10 trillion mark for the first time in history. This was not only helped by the price of equities, but also by the recovery of oil prices, and to a lesser extent by new funds established during the year. Public pension funds also accomplished…
In the fourth stop on the global tour, PGIM DC Solutions travel to a country where the government runs the whole thing…Singapore. Their comprehensive system goes beyond retirement and is run by the government through the Central Provident Fund (CPF). In today’s episode, Josh Cohen interviews Desmond Chew, a senior manager at…
Pensions may be missing out on a technological disruption that could represent the most profound new development in the digital economy since its start in the late 1990s. To date, they have lagged other institutional investors in the digital assets space. Barring a few well-publicised exceptions, investments by pensions into…
Global Pension Finance Watch, published quarterly, reviews how capital market performance affects defined benefit pension plan financing in major retirement markets worldwide, with a focus on linked asset/liability results. WTW covers defined benefit pension plans in Brazil, Canada, the Eurozone, Japan, Switzerland, the UK…
This edition of Pensions at a Glance discusses the impact of Covid-19 on pensions and reviews the pension measures legislated in OECD countries between September 2019 and September 2021. As in past editions, a comprehensive selection of pension policy indicators is included for OECD and G20 countries. Moreover, this edition…
Global institutional investments in forestry have materially increased from virtually zero in the early 1980s to more than $100 billion today. The asset class is still considered small compared with, for instance, the $4 trillion invested in private equity. However, it grows rapidly (tenfold since the early 2000s]) due to…
This report introduces predictive analysis to pension actuaries in a concise and practical way. The report covers the three types of models used in predictive analytics: supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning.
Assets in retirement savings plans continued to grow in 2020 despite the shock of Covid-19, exceeding $56 trillion worldwide at year-end and amounting to an 11% increase over 2019 figures. This growth was supported by an increase in the number of people participating in a retirement savings plan, an increase in the overall…
This survey report is the eighth since the data collection exercise was first established in 2011. The scope of this report covers 100 public and private pension funds from 40 countries. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Peru, the Russian Federation, and South Africa are among the non-OECD countries included in…
