NPS posts negative return in 2018 in its worst showing
Feb 28, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
The National Pension Service (NPS) reported the poorest investment results in its 30-year history, posting its first negative average return since 2008.
Its equity-heavy portfolio was blamed most for the negative 0.92% return on average in 2018, with stocks at home and abroad making up 35% of its portfolio.
Domestic stocks returned a negative 16.8%, outweighing the 11.8% return from alternatives, according to an NPS statement on Feb. 28.
Alternative investments account for 11.8% of the $570 billion pension service, still below its end-2018 target of 12.5%.
Last year’s result marked the first negative return for the world’s No.3 pension scheme since 2008’s minus 0.18%, in a reversal from the 7.26% in 2017 which was the best performance in seven years.
Equities make up 30~35% of their investment assets.
By contrast, the Korean Teachers’ Credit Union and the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) secured 4%-range average returns last year. The share of equities is less than 20% of both institutions' investments.
By Chang Jae Yoo
yoocool@hankyung.com
Edited by Yeonhee Kim
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