In 2021 the top twenty pension funds managed the largest share of assets worldwide. Top twenty pension funds managed around 41 percent of worldwide assets that year, which was nearly as much as the following 280 funds combined. The 21st to 50th largest funds managed around 16.1 percent of total pension assets in 2021, and the 51st to 150th largest funds managed around 25.5 percent of total pension assets worldwide.
Distribution of pension fund assets worldwide in 2021, by size of funds
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Thinking Ahead Institute. (September 1, 2022). Distribution of pension fund assets worldwide in 2021, by size of funds [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/962998/distribution-of-pension-fund-assets-by-size-of-funds/
Thinking Ahead Institute. "Distribution of pension fund assets worldwide in 2021, by size of funds." Chart. September 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/962998/distribution-of-pension-fund-assets-by-size-of-funds/
Thinking Ahead Institute. (2022). Distribution of pension fund assets worldwide in 2021, by size of funds. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/962998/distribution-of-pension-fund-assets-by-size-of-funds/
Thinking Ahead Institute. "Distribution of Pension Fund Assets Worldwide in 2021, by Size of Funds." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/962998/distribution-of-pension-fund-assets-by-size-of-funds/
Thinking Ahead Institute, Distribution of pension fund assets worldwide in 2021, by size of funds Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/962998/distribution-of-pension-fund-assets-by-size-of-funds/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Distribution of pension fund assets worldwide in 2021, by size of funds [Graph], Thinking Ahead Institute, September 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/962998/distribution-of-pension-fund-assets-by-size-of-funds/