National Pension to Invest 100 Tril. Won in Stocks

By Yoon Ja-young

The National Pension will be holding over 100 trillion won in local stocks next year, the largest amount ever

According to a government plan submitted to the National Assembly, the National Pension Service (NPS) will increase its investment in stocks next year

It plans to set aside 80 trillion won for investment next year, which is less than 90.4 trillion won set for this year

Among them, it will invest 12.

6 trillion won in stocks, up 16 percent from this year

It set aside 60.5 trillion won to invest in bonds, which is 15 percent less than the money allocated this year It also cut the allocation for alternative investment, such as infrastructure and real estate, by 18 percent to 7 trillion won.

The fund reserves are expected to total 533 trillion won next year The National Pension is one of the four major pension funds in the world.

Among the 533 trillion won, 168.

1 trillion won will be stocks, while bonds will take 302.8 trillion won.

Among the 168.1 trillion won, 106.

2 trillion won will be in local stocks.

The National Assembly Budget Office said in a recent report that the NPS should keep in mind that stability should come before profitability in the management of the fund, as it is a kind of...