Meanings
plural pension funds
- A pool of assets forming an independent legal entity that are bought with the contributions to a pension plan for the exclusive purpose of financing pension plan benefits.
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Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna fund reserved to pay workers' pensions when they retire from service
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 養老基金 /养老基金
- 養老基金 /养老基金 (yǎnglǎo jījīn)pool of assets
Czech penzijní fond
- penzijní fondpool of assets
Dutch pensioenfonds
- pensioenfondspool of assets
Finnish eläkerahasto
- eläkerahastopool of assets
French fonds de pension
- fonds de pensionpool of assets
German Pensionsfonds
- Pensionsfondspool of assets
Hungarian nyugdíjpénztár
- nyugdíjpénztárpool of assets
Italian fondo pensione
- fondo pensionepool of assets
Japanese 年金基金
- 年金基金 (nenkin kikin)pool of assets
Norwegian Bokmål pensjonsfond
- pensjonsfondpool of assets
Portuguese fundo de pensão
- fundo de pensãopool of assets
Russian пенсио́нный фонд
- пенсио́нный фонд (pensiónnyj fond)pool of assets
Spanish fondo de pensión, fondo pensionario / pensionista
- fondo de pensiónpool of assets
- fondo pensionario / pensionistapool of assets
Swedish pensionsfond
- pensionsfondpool of assets
Turkish emekli sandığı
- emekli sandığıpool of assets
Ukrainian пенсі́йний фонд
- пенсі́йний фонд (pensíjnyj fond)pool of assets
Cite this entry
pension fund. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pension%20fund
“pension fund.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pension%20fund. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pension fund,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pension%20fund.
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