The National Pension Service of South Korea achieved a record return rate of 27.2% in the first half of the year, with Korean stock returns exceeding 100%.

(1) The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea achieved a return rate of 27.2% in the first half of the year, marking the best performance for the same period at least since 2022, and already surpassing last year’s record annual return rate of 18.8%. (2) As of the end of June, the scale of assets managed by NPS reached 1,866 trillion won (approximately $1.35 trillion). In terms of individual return rates: Korean stock investments delivered as high as 107.4%, overseas stocks 17.8%, overseas fixed income and alternative investments were 9.22% and 9.6% respectively, while Korean domestic bonds posted a loss of 3%. (3) The NPS president stated that the strong performance mainly benefited from favorable trends in both domestic and international stock markets.