Administration July 28, 2010

China Pension Fund to Seek Private Equity Investments

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairman of China's national pension fund said the fund plans to seek investments in private equity outside China and to hire fund managers to execute the investments.
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Dow Jones reports Dai Xianglong did not give a timeframe for the actions. He also told a conference in Hong Kong that the pension fund aims to raise the weighting of stocks in its investment portfolio to over 50% in five years from 30% now.  

Dai said he hopes the fund’s overall return rate would remain above the nation’s inflation rate in the near future, according to the news report.

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