South Korea’s Teachers’ Pension reported a record investment return and all-time high assets in 2025 as its investments in domestic equities gained more than 90% from the artificial intelligence boom.
The pension fund earned 4.81 trillion won (US$3.2 billion) of total investment income for a return of 18.9%, lifting its assets up 15.1% year-on-year to 29.73 trillion won as of end-December.
Teachers’ Pension announced the figures in a statement on February 5.
The return on its investments in Korean equities was 90.9% as the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index jumped more than 75% last year from strong earnings in the artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors.
The return on the pension fund’s investments in foreign equities was 18.3%, while alternatives returned 7.8%.
Teachers’ Pension “responded flexibly to changes in the domestic and international financial environments through strategic investment planning and portfolio diversification”, according to the pension fund, which manages retirement savings of 400,000 current and retired teachers and staff of private schools.
