U.S. pension funds are recorded as having the largest total assets globally. According to the consulting and research firm Willis Towers Watson, the total assets held in the United States account for 38.3 percent of the total pension fund assets worldwide. Japan ranks second, with pension fund assets totaling 12 percent.
A release issued in September 2016 stated that the total assets of 300 pension fund management companies/institutions, for which data was collected in 2015, reached US$14.8 trillion. This figure represents approximately 42 percent of the estimated total assets of pension funds globally.
The report indicates that global total assets fell by 3 percent compared to 2014. This decline is the first since the global financial crisis.
By region, the highest average asset growth over the past five years occurred in North America, at 4 percent. Other regions, such as Europe and Asia Pacific, saw growth of 4 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
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