Finance

South Korea retirement pension assets top 500 trillion won, guidebook due in second half

South Korea\'s retirement pension assets topped 500 trillion won for the first time last year, reaching 501.4 trillion won at end-2025, up 16.1 percent from a year earlier, according to a white paper released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Financial Supervisory Service. The annual return was a record 6.47 percent. They said they plan to publish a retirement pension guidebook in the second half.

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Samsung Asset Management\'s KODEX TDF ETF series tops 1 trillion won in net assets

Samsung Asset Management said combined net assets of its four KODEX TDF Active exchange-traded funds exceeded 1 trillion won based on the May 18 close. The total stood at 1.01 trillion won, led by the KODEX TDF 2050 Active at 612.4 billion won. The company said inflows were notable in the 2050 and 2060 vintage funds. It said the series can be held up to 100 percent in DC and IRP retirement accounts.