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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)	$462[9]	2017	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
Malaysia	Employees Provident Fund	$185[17]	2014	1991	Non-commodity
Netherlands	Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW, formerly PGGM)	$183[19] (€162)		1969	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
United States (Ohio)	State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio)	$76[24]	2017	1919	Defined Benefit Pension
Russia	Russian National Wealth Fund	75,6 [38]	2018	2008	Oil
France	AGIRC - ARRCO	$70[9]	2015	2001	Non-commodity
France	Pensions Reserve Fund (France) (NPRF)	$56[25]		2001	Non-commodity
Ireland	National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF)	$30[26]		2001	Non-commodity

By country

Australia

Government

• 
  Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (old scheme for federal civil servants)


• 
  Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (current scheme for Australian Defence Force personnel)
  


• 
  Public Sector Superannuation accumulation plan (current scheme for federal civil servants)


• 
  Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (old scheme for federal civil servants)


• 
  State Super (for New South Wales state civil servants)

Industry (not-for-profit)

• AustralianSuper


• AustSafe Super


• CareSuper


• Cbus


• Energy Super


• FIRSTSUPER


• HESTA


• Hostplus


• legalsuper


• LUCRF Super


• Media Super


• MTAA Super


• NGS Super


• REI Super


• TWUSUPER


• UniSuper

^[27]

Private

• 
  ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation Scheme (for employees of ANZ Bank)


• Retail Employees Superannuation Trust

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

• Alberta Investment Management


• British Columbia Investment Management Corporation


• Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec


• 
  Canada Pension Plan (investments directed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board)


• HOOPP


• Ontario Teachers Pension Plan


• PSP investments


• Public Sector Pension Investment Board

Private

• 
  BC Pension Corporation, including the College Pension Plan, the Municipal Pension Plan, the Public Service Pension Plan, the Teachers' Pension Plan, and WorkSafeBC


• 
  Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan (CAAT)


• 
  Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)


• 
  OMERS Administration Corporation (OMERS)


• 
  Ontario Pension Board (OPB)


• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan


• 
  OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust)

Chile

• AFP Modelo


• Chile pension system

China

• 
  Social Security Fund (China) [zh] - managed by National Council for Social Security Fund
  

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

• Mandatory Provident Fund

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

• See Japan Pension Service
  


• 
  Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan (GPIF, 年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人)

Malaysia

• 
  Employees Provident Fund (Malaysia's largest, total assets of around RM407 billion in diversified portfolio)^[32]
  

Morocco

• Caisse de dépôt et de gestion


• 
  CMR (in French)
  

Nepal

• Employees Provident Fund Nepal

Netherlands

• 
  Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (ABP)


• 
  Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW, formerly PGGM)

Norway

• 
  The Government Pension Fund - Global (Statens pensjonsfond - Utland)


• 
  The Government Pension Fund - Norway (Statens pensjonsfond - Norge)

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

• Public Pension Agency (PPA)


• General Organization for Social Insurance

Singapore

• Central Provident Fund

Switzerland

• Pension system in Switzerland

Turkey

Government

• 
  Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu (Social Security Institution, SGK)

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

See also

• Global assets under management


• Pension insurance contract


• Pension regulation


• Qualifying registered overseas pension schemes


• Sovereign wealth fund

References