Taiwan’s Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF) reported an investment income of NT$129 billion (US$4.2 billion) for the first seven months of 2024, more than 50% higher than in the year-ago period as the bull run in the domestic stock market buoyed the fund’s internally managed equity portfolio.
The income translates into a return of 14.54%, up from 11.56% in January-July 2023 when the pension fund earned NT$85.68 billion from investments.
The PSPF’s internally managed equity investments returned 26.64% while bond investments returned 4.04%, the pension fund for civil servants, teachers and military personnel says in a statement on September 2.
The PSPF’s in-house team invests a significant share of the equity portfolio in Taiwanese stocks, which have rallied on the back of technology firms such as chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index jumped almost 25% from January to July.
Meanwhile, the PSPF’s outsourced investments, which account for 45% of the fund’s assets, returned 17.94% in the seven months through July, up from 15.59% in the same period last year.
The pension fund had NT$983.2 billion of total assets as of end-July, a 21% increase from NT$813.3 billion a year ago.