Pension investment rate of return in 2019 reached 9.03%

  News from our newspaper (reporter Li Danqing) Recently, the 2019 Annual Report on Entrusted Operation of Basic Pension Insurance Funds was released to the public.

The report shows that as of the end of 2019, the total assets of the basic pension insurance fund invested and operated by the National Council of Social Security Funds by the provinces were 107.678 billion yuan. The investment income for the year was 66.386 billion yuan, and the investment yield was 9.03%.

  It is reported that in 2015, the State Council issued the "Basic Pension Insurance Fund Investment Management Measures", which clarified the basic pension insurance fund balances of various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government. After a certain amount of payment can be reserved, it will be uniformly entrusted to the National Social Security Foundation Council to carry out market-oriented investment. Operations.

  Since the official launch of market-oriented investment operations at the end of 2016, the accumulated investment income has reached 85.069 billion yuan, which has well achieved the goal of value preservation and appreciation, and has provided strong support for the sustainable development of my country's basic pension insurance system.

At present, 25 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government have signed entrusted investment contracts with the Social Security Fund. The total contract amount exceeds 1.11 trillion yuan, and the actual funds received are about 980 billion yuan.

  Taking into account that the basic pension insurance fund for urban and rural residents is accumulative and the current payment pressure is small, in order to promote value preservation and appreciation, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a document in 2018, requiring the implementation of the basic pension insurance fund for urban and rural residents nationwide in three batches Entrusted investment.

At present, 22 provinces have started as scheduled, Liaoning, Guizhou and other places are stepping up, and it is expected that all the target tasks will be completed by the end of this year.

  Li Danqing