S Korea PF To Up Stock Allocation By 2016

The National Pension Fund of South Korea has revised its assets allocation target until 2016.

The National Pension Fund of South Korea has revised its assets allocation target until 2016, Pensions & Investments reports. The fund is seeking to have about 30% of assets in stock by 2016. The fund, which had $314 billion in assets at the end of April 2011, is aiming to increase its assets to $524.3 trillion by 2016.

Domestic equities may be boosted to at least 20% of assets, while overseas stocks may increase to about 10% and overseas bonds may account for less than 10% by the end of 2016. Investments in assets other than bonds or stocks will be raised to about 10%.

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