Pension funds

July 2022 marks the first anniversary of the inclusion of minors in the voluntary private pension system (PPS). A total of 360,000 children under the age of 18 joined PPS over the past year. Garanti BBVA Pension has a TL 208 million fund - helping one out of every five children in the PPS to start saving at an early age.

Over the past three years, the asset allocation team of BBVA Asset Management has overhauled its investment process to bring as much objectivity as possible to decision-making when building a portfolio. Based on the principles of behavioral economics, the new process aims to determine how the power of the mind affects financial decisions.

Rising life expectancy, longevity, is a relatively recent phenomenon dating from the 19th century. Until then, for nearly 60,000 years, the life expectancy of humanity remained relatively constant. There is some evidence that increased life expectancy is a permanent phenomenon, with the implications that this might have not only for pension systems, but also for the organization of societies themselves.

Before making an investment or buying a savings product (e.g. investment fund or pension plan), we first need to determine our risk profile.

How will the largest economies evolve over the next ten years? What yields may be expected from the main financial assets in that period of time? These are the two questions that the BBVA Asset Management’s strategy team has taken into consideration to elaborate a financial plan that allows to properly gauge the strategic asset portfolios it manages for its customers through different vehicles (investment funds, pension funds, SICAVs…).