The Korean retirement plan market is increasingly questioning its underlying structure, rather than focusing solely on individual products, and discussion is now turning to how the entire system should be redesigned.

A fund-type retirement pension system, where assets are pooled and managed collectively, would not simply be a new framework: it would potentially represent a structural transition that could fundamentally reshape corporate pension governance, redefining the role of financial institutions and transforming individuals’ investment experience.

SKK GSB and Korea Retirement Pension Data will co-host a forum to examine detailed scenarios for the possible implementation of a fund-type retirement pension system in Korea.

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Topic: 2026 – What Will Fund-Type Retirement Pensions Look Like?
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Time: 3:00–5:00 PM
Venue: International Hall, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 

(details to be provided individually after registration)

Language: Korean 

Program

15:00 - 15:30 | Reception & Tea Time

15:30 - 17:00 | Forum

Speaker

Jae-Woo Nam

President, Korean Pension Association

• Head of Fund & Pension, Korea Capital Market Institute
• " If retirement pensions become fund-based? - Scenario Overview"

Youngju Nielsen
Professor, SKK GSB, Sungkyunkwan University
CEO, Korea Retirement Pension Data
"Fund-Type Retirement Pensions Through Data – Global Case Studies"

Key Questions in the forum

1. From the perspective of financial institutions
• How will the role of financial institutions change under a fund-type system?
• Will competition shift from product-centered to structure- and management-centered?
• How will the boundaries between asset management, sales, and platforms be reshaped?

2. From the perspective of companies (HR and finance professionals)
• What choices will companies be responsible for making?
• Will the responsibilities and risks of pension managers be reduced or transformed?
• What should be explained to employees, and to what extent?

3. From a system-wide perspective
• Can a fund-type system be a solution to the issue of pension returns?
• How can individual choice be balanced with system stability?
• After the introduction of a fund-type system, how might pensions evolve?

Hosted by: Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB, Korea Retirement Pension Data

Contact Info:

alumnigsb@skku.edu  | Tel. +82-2-740-1558