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Pension funds shifting assets to Asia-Pacific
Global pension funds have been shifting parts of their assets under management (AUM) to Asia Pacific from other parts of the world.
Janette Chen 1 Oct 2017
Global pension funds have been shifting parts of the assets under management (AUM) to Asia Pacific from other parts of the world.
 
The total AUM of the world’s largest pension funds totaled US$15.7 trillion in 2016, resulting in a 6.1% increase compared to 2015,  according to a study from Willis Towers Watson, an advisory, broking and solutions company.
 
Europe’s share in the total ranking continued to decrease while Asia-Pacific's share increased for the second year in a row. These two regions had broadly similar AUM, each representing 26.1% of all assets in the ranking. Compared to 2015, Europe’s share of decreased by 5% while Asia-Pacific increased by 3%. In terms of annualized growth rates, Europe and Asia-Pacific recorded 3.1% and 2.8% respectively during the period 2011-2016.
 
With an annualized growth of 6.7% during the period 2011-2016, North America remained the largest region in terms of AUM of 2016, accounting for 44.1% of all assets in the research. This increased by 1% compared to the record of 43.6% in 2015. According to the research, the US has highest share of AUM among top 300 funds.
 
The annualized growth rate of Latin American and African funds shrank by about 1% during the same period. This, compared to 2015’s the five-year period annualized growth rate of -3.9%, indicates an increase.
 
The study indicated that the assets has been shifting to Asia-Pacific pension funds since 2015, with an obvious decline in the AUM of Europe funds. Asian funds with high allocation to equities performed well in 2016, largely driven by volatility, said Jayne Bok, Head of Investments for Asia at Willis Towers Watson. 
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