Report: Global Pension Assets Study 2018
Key findings:
- P22 assets increased by 13.1 per cent in 2017, from USD 36,571 billion the previous year.
- The global average asset allocation of the seven largest markets at the end of 2017 were: 46 per cent equities; 27 per cent bonds; 25 per cent other and two per cent cash.
- In the P7, the growth rate of defined contribution assets in the past 10 years has been 5.6 per cent, while the growth rate of defined benefit assets was 3.1 per cent.
The study also considers the key issues that pension funds will need to consider over the next five to 10 years.