The K Tower of the Korean Teachers' Credit Union in Yeouido, Seoul. /Courtesy of Korean Teachers' Credit Union

The Korea Teachers' Pension has seen its assets increase by more than 10 trillion won, thanks to overseas stock investment revenue.

On the 25th, the pension fund reported that its assets at the end of last year amounted to 74.5909 trillion won, an increase of 16.3% (10.4324 trillion won) compared to the previous year.

Last year, the fund management revenue exceeded 11%. By asset class, financial investment was 10.8%, corporate investment was 14.2%, and alternative investment was 9.3%, with good revenue recorded across all sectors.

In particular, it was reported that overseas stocks achieved a revenue rate of 30.9% by proactively expanding its weight in the strong North American market and information technology (IT) sector.

In the case of corporate investment, it recorded a revenue rate of 6.4% through high-quality private equity and loan investments, such as Olive Young and TmaxSoft.

Jeong Gap-yun, chairman of the Korea Teachers' Pension, noted, "We are striving to expand our global network" and said, "We will continue to do our best to ensure sustainable growth through enhanced fund management stability."

Meanwhile, the proportion of investments by asset class last year was recorded as 17.2% (10.170 trillion won) in stocks, 13.6% (8.0786 trillion won) in bonds, 27.1% (16.0273 trillion won) in corporate investment, and 25.8% (15.2592 trillion won) in real estate.

The holdings by region were 39.3% domestic and 60.7% overseas.