Bureau of Public Service Pension Fund

Public Service Pension Fund Operation Parameters and Investment Procedures

1.Annual Pension Fund Utilization Plan and Asset Allocation

    In order to establish a basis for annual utilization of the Pension Fund and to set a yearly target for income, in accordance with the Public Service Pension Fund Management Act, six months prior to the commencement of the new year, taking overseas and domestic economic and financial conditions and the Pension Fund budget into account, the PSPF draws up its annual operation guidelines and plan.

   Looking at the 2024 Pension Fund asset allocation arrangement, according to income category, the fixed income、 capital gains and alternative investments asset allocation ratio was 38.3%、 53.4% and 8.3%; by investment region, the domestic、 overseas investment allocation ratio was 49.8%、 50.2%; by operational method, the in-house management、 discretionary management allocation ratio was 50.0%、 50.0%.

2.Public Service Pension Fund Operation Parameters

   In order to establish institutionalized financial investment procedures to ensure that projected investment targets are suitably met, with equal attention being paid to both security and profitability, in addition to formulating the Public Service Pension Fund Financial Management Operational Guidelines, PSPF establishes relevant parameters for handling investments, including investment quotas, norms for selecting investment objectives, investment procedures, risk control and performance review, so as to enhance financial operation outcome, ensuring a stable, long-term performance.

3.Public Service Pension Fund Investment Procedures

   For the sake of prudence, PSPF investment decisions involve further considerations in addition to following the annual plan and asset allocation. Scholars and experts are enlisted from outside to join monthly investment consultation sessions to analyze and assess  the domestic and global macroeconomics、equity securities、fixed income securities and foreign currency markets. The group makes investment recommendations for the Public Service Pension Fund’s references.

   After taking into account the recommendations of the Investment Consulting Group, PSPF convenes a weekly strategic investment meeting, at which the short-term 、mid-term and long-term investment portfolio strategies are decided based on analysis, such as the overall status of investment items, market conditions, and fundamentals. The investment strategies resolved at the meeting are subsequently handed over to the Division of Finance’s investment group to execute and follow up the investment decisions on a daily basis in line with market trends.

Public Service Pension Fund Investment Scope

1.Investment Scope defined in paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Public Service Pension Fund Management Act：

(1)Purchase government bonds, treasury bills, beneficiary certificates, corporate bonds, stocks of listed company.
(2)Deposits in bank accounts designated by the PSPF.
(3)Investments and loans for facilities and equipment related to the welfare of Public Service Pension Fund participants.
(4)Loans to governments at all levels or government-owned enterprises for economic development or investments that can be recouped or repaid according to annual budget.
(5)Investments reviewed by the Public Service Pension Fund Supervisory Board and approved by the Examination Yuan  deemed profitable to the Public Service Pension Fund.

2. Augmented investment items submitted for Examination Yuan approval：

(1) Domestic and ove.
(2) Domestic and overseas listed or OTC underwriting company stocks.
(3) Overseas investments in accordance with the investment items outlined by the provisions of sub-paragraph 1, paragraph 1, Article 5 of the Public Service Pension Fund Management Act.
(4) The domestic and overseas securities lending.
(5) Stock index futures, forwards exchange, or other related derivative vehicles for hedging purpose.
(6) Asset securitization products.
(7) Mutual fund raised by bank trustees.
(8) Derivative vehicles to enhance the investment profit.
(9) Private equity securities, gold passbook and other alternative assets.

Results of Public Service Pension Fund Discretionary Management

1.Domestic Discretionary Management

    In addition to in-house deployment, in the effort to accommodate national finance and banking policies and facilitate asset management, the Pension Fund has entered into 18 batches of domestic discretionary management mandates since July 16 2001. As of the end of 2023, the total domestic discretionary amount was NT$57 billion, which included 12th(extended), 13th(extended) , 15th(extended) , 16th ,17th and 18th active batches. (Details are given in the chart below.)

2.Overseas Discretionary Management

   Further, in order to spread risk and boost overall profitability through global investments, the Pension Fund has actively pursued overseas investments since May 2002. And Pension Fund has entered into 14 batches of overseas discretionary management mandates since December 22 2003. As of the end of 2023, the total overseas discretionary amount was US$5.978 billion, which included 5th(renewal),6th(extended),7th(extended),9th(extended),10th(extended),11th(extended),12th(extended) , 13th and 14th active batches.(Details are given in the chart below.)