SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans say they do not trust the national pension system, according to a new survey released Wednesday by the Korea Employers Federation (KEF). In the poll of 1,007 adults conducted by Mono Research, 55.7 percent said they did not trust the National Pension Service, compared [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand its national pension premium support program starting in 2026 to cover low-income individuals who have temporarily lost income due to job loss or business closure, even if they do not immediately resume payments, the government announced Monday. The reform, part of the pension overhaul agreed upon [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) said it will begin enforcing stricter “responsible investment” standards on private equity and other alternative investments, following heavy criticism over massive potential losses linked to the troubled retailer Homeplus. The decision, announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare during a parliamentary audit on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), one of the world’s largest institutional investors, has been navigating a delicate balance between maximizing shareholder returns and advancing responsible investment in its recent voting at foreign corporate annual meetings. According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and its own [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that 7 out of 10 South Koreans view negatively the “pay more, receive more” national pension reform proposal discussed by the 21st National Assembly. The Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) commissioned Mono Research to conduct a nationwide survey from June 17 to 26, polling 1,034 adults [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Pension Service (NPS), a significant player in the domestic capital market, has been found to have invested most heavily in the IT and electronics sectors over the past year. While the number of companies where the NPS owns more than 5% of shares has decreased, there has been an [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top institutional investor National Pension Service (NPS) said Friday it will raise the ceiling for the portion of its “strategic” investment in local stocks, a move to help ease the fund’s selling spree to meet its stockholding target. Under the latest decision, the ceiling for the share [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national pension fund earned nearly 58 trillion won (US$52.6 billion) from stock investments in 2020 thanks to the bullish stock market, data showed Wednesday. As of Friday, the National Pension Service (NPS) held 181.3 trillion won worth of shares in 275 companies, of which it owns 5 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday approved proposed guidelines for shareholder activism by the country’s largest state pension fund, paving the way for the fund to press companies it holds stakes in to dismiss board members over breach of trust and other illegal activities. “The guidelines are part of efforts to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national pension fund saw the value of its stock holdings in 10 major conglomerates increase more than 16 percent in the first nine months, driven by gains in Samsung, Hyundai and SK affiliates, a market tracker said Sunday. The total value of stocks in the top 10 [...]