PENSION FUND

A 'Pension fund' is 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.
Pension funds are important shareholders of listed and private companies. They are especially important to the stock market where large institutional investors like the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan dominate.

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Classifications

Open vs. closed pension funds

Public vs. private pension funds

See also

Classifications

Open vs. closed pension funds

Open pension funds support at least one pension plan with no restriction on membership while closed pension funds support only pension plans that are limited to certain employees.[1]
Closed pension funds are further subclassified into:

★ ''Single employer pension funds''

★ ''Multi-employer pension funds''

★ ''Related member pension funds''

★ ''Individual pension funds''

Public vs. private pension funds

A public pension fund is one that is regulated under public sector law while a private pension fund is regulated under private sector law.

See also

Pension insurance contract