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Overview

KIC was established in 2005 under the Korea Investment Corporation Act. As of December 2024,
we had assets under management of USD 206.5 billion (KRW 303 trillion).

Assets under management

$ 206,500,000,000 USD

*As of December 2024

Total Assets 

Total Assets | As of the end of December 2024, KIC managed approximately USD 206.5 billion in assets, with cumulative investment returns totaling about USD 93.9 billion.

Equity

fixed income

Alternative assets

Etc

Annual AUM

USD billion

* The subtotals include other assets such as inflation-linked bonds and cash.

Return on Total Asset

Category

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

  • Annual return(%)

    13.71

    9.13

    -14.36

    11.59

    8.49

Cumulative net investment income since establishment

Category

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

  • Cumulative net investment income since establishment (USD bin)

    71

    87.9

    58.2

    77.9

    93.9

Asset allocation 2024

Asset allcocation 2024 | 78.1% of total investment in 2024 were invested in traditional assets and 21.9% in alternative assets.

Assets allocation compared to the previous year

Traditional assets(Equity, Fixed income) | USD 161.3 Billion in 2024, accounting for 78.1% of total investment
Alternative assets(Private equity‧Real estate, Hedge funds) | USD 45.2 Billion in 2024, accounting for 21.9% of total investment

Equity

fixed income

Alternative assets

Etc

2023

2024

Return on traditional assets

Category

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Annualized return

for the past five years
(2020~2024)

Annualized return
since inception

Total

Return(%)

14.62

6.75

-17.58

14.35

9.30

4.74

4.49

Excess Return(bp)

144

-39

-52

-6

3

5

14

Equities

Return(%)

19.16

18.61

-19.27

22.44

18.83

10.67

6.26

Excess Return(bp)

261

-92

-137

-13

10

-6

-11

Fixed
income

Return(%)

9.88

-4.62

-16.65

6.34

-0.19

-1.50

2.44

Excess Return(bp)

78

39

14

14

2

29

29

Return on alternative assets

Annualized return since inception : 7.68%

9.41%

Annualized return since inception

Private equity

Inception : Oct, 16, 2009

6.83%

Annualized return since inception

Real estate, Infrastructure

Inception : Mar, 15, 2010

5.72%

Annualized return since inception

Hedge funds

Inception : Jan, 29, 2010

N/A

Private debt

Inception : Jan, 02, 2024

7.68%

Annualized return since inception

Alternative asset total