NPS’s 250 Trillion Won Growth Puts Domestic Stock Limit Debate in Focus

South Korea’s National Pension Service, the country’s largest institutional investor, is drawing attention after increasing its assets by 250 trillion won this year, with focus now on whether it may expand its permitted domestic stock holdings. The NPS accounts for 7% of the domestic stock market’s total capitalization, making its equity allocation decisions highly influential. Its domestic stock strategy affects not only other institutional investors but also 14 million retail investors. Discussion over the domestic stock holding limit is therefore closely tied to the NPS’s market role and local equity supply-demand conditions. Source: mk.co.kr