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SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS

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SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
The P&I/Thinking Ahead Institute World 300 by the numbers
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SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
$23.6 trillion in assets sets record for plans

Assets of the world’s 300 largest retirement plans rose 8.9% last year to a record $23.6 trillion, in what could prove a bittersweet end to an unprecedented era of easy money.

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Strong dollar boosts some plans, but hurts others

The dollar's appreciation in 2021 rippled across a range of survey results from and Willis Towers Watson PLC's Thinking Ahead Institute.

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SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
The world's largest retirement funds: 2022

The 300 largest retirement plans in the world ranked by total assets.

SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
The world's largest retirement funds: 2021

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, assets of the world’s 300 largest retirement funds increased 11.5% to $21.72 trillion in 2020.

Marisa Hall
SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
Biggest funds increase 11.5% to hit $21.7 trillion in 2020

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, assets of the world’s 300 largest retirement funds increased 11.5% to $21.72 trillion in 2020.

Marisa Hall
SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
Top retirement funds see assets rise 8% for 2019

Asset owners added risk and strengthened governance in 2019, but the test for that mix will come in 2020.

SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
The P&I/Thinking Ahead Institute World 300: The largest retirement funds
Funds fail to repeat success in 2018
SPECIAL REPORT: MEGAFUNDS
Funds fail to repeat success in 2018

As assets overall slipped among the world's largest retirement funds, U.S. retirement plans in the World 300 universe saw an increase.

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Asset increases are only change for top 20 funds

No names change, but world's 20 largest retirement plans gain 7.1%.

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