{"id":1466,"date":"2016-02-28T02:27:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T02:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2016-01-26T07:32:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T07:32:40","slug":"the-national-pension-fund-of-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=1466","title":{"rendered":"The National Pension Fund of Korea."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea, is one of the most technically advanced nations in the world. It is home to names like Samsung, Hyundai, LG to name just three household names.<\/p>\n<p>It is also home to the 3rd largest pension fund, the National Pension Fund of Korea.<\/p>\n<p>With US $429,794 million under management. That is \u00a3301,200 million, which is <strong>\u00a3301 Billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/english.nps.or.kr\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/english.nps.or.kr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is the largest investor in Korea, just look at the top ten holdings in Korean Shares:-<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Elec<br \/>\nSK hynix<br \/>\nHyundai Motors<br \/>\nNAVER<br \/>\nPOSCO<br \/>\nKEPCO<br \/>\nShinhan Group<br \/>\nHyundai Mobis<br \/>\nSK Telecom<br \/>\nKia Motors<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s top ten holdings in International companies are:-<\/p>\n<p>MICROSOFT CORP<br \/>\nORACLE CORP<br \/>\nAPPLE INC<br \/>\nWELLS FARGO &amp; CO<br \/>\nNOVARTIS AG<br \/>\nROCHE HOLDING AG<br \/>\nJPMORGAN CHASE &amp; CO<br \/>\nJOHNSON &amp; JOHNSON<br \/>\nGOOGLE INC<br \/>\nPFIZER INC<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s top ten holdings on fixed income investments are:-<\/p>\n<p>UNITED KINGDOM 3.250% 01\/22\/2044<br \/>\nUNITED STATES 3.125% 08\/15\/2044<br \/>\nUNITED STATES 4.500% 02\/15\/2016<br \/>\nJAPAN 1.200% 12\/20\/2020<br \/>\nJAPAN 0.800% 06\/20\/2023<br \/>\nJAPAN 0.300% 09\/20\/2018<br \/>\nJAPAN 0.200% 12\/20\/2017<br \/>\nUNITED STATES 3.375%<br \/>\nUNITED STATES FLOATING<br \/>\nUNITED STATES 4.500%<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it holds UK Gilts, paying 3.25% each year until 2044, that is its top holding in bonds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea, is one of the most technically advanced nations in the world. It is home to names like Samsung, Hyundai, LG to name just three household names. It is also home to the 3rd largest pension fund, the National Pension Fund of Korea. With US $429,794 million under management. That is \u00a3301,200 million, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1468,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}