The National Pension Service (NPS) has recorded its highest-ever number of international awards, earning recognition from global investment institutions for its management capabilities and investment performance.
The NPS Investment Management office said Monday that it won a total of seven awards at ceremonies hosted by global investment media outlets this year, gaining recognition for outstanding investment capabilities and performance among the world's major pension funds.
In March, PERE (Private Equity Real Estate), a global real estate investment publication, named NPS "Global Institutional Investor of the Year." PERE praised the fund's successful real estate investment performance, along with its efforts to diversify its investment portfolio and identify investment opportunities through global partnerships.
Following this, Asian Asset Management (AAM), a financial investment publication covering the Asia-Pacific region, named NPS "Best Pension Fund in the Asia-Pacific Region" and "Best Pension Fund in Korea." AAM cited stable fund management performance, systematic risk management, and efforts to strengthen overseas investment capabilities as key reasons for the awards.
In May, at the "Real Estate Global Awards 2026" hosted by British real assets investment publication IPE Real Assets, NPS won the top award in the "Portfolio Construction" category and merit awards in the "Asia-Pacific Investor" and "Core/Core-Plus Strategy" categories. IPE praised NPS for expanding its global investment network based on a stable investment framework and for strengthening its investment efficiency and diversified investment capabilities.
In addition, on the 30th of last month, NPS won the "Investor of the Year" award at the "Triple A Sustainable Investing Awards 2026" hosted by The Asset, a financial investment publication covering the Asia-Pacific region.
The Asset cited as key reasons for the award NPS's diversification of its investment portfolio from a long-term perspective and its continuous advancement of its global investment capabilities and risk management system. As a result, NPS has become the only institution in the Asia-Pacific region to win the Best Pension Fund award for nine consecutive years since 2018.
"This award is a meaningful achievement in which NPS's long-term investment philosophy and management capabilities have been recognized worldwide," NPS Chairman Kim Sung-joo said. "We will continue to manage the people's precious retirement assets in a stable manner based on investment principles that are not swayed by market volatility and a world-class management system."
