P&I 1,000 largest retirement plans: 2019

Publication Date : February 4, 2019

The total assets of the largest 1,000 U.S. retirement plans reached a record $11.004 trillion as of Sept. 30, up 6.4% from a year earlier, thanks in part to outstanding market returns, P&I's annual survey finds.

Stories From the Report

Largest funds top $11 trillion; assets up 6.4%

Assets in the largest 1,000 U.S. retirement plans topped $11 trillion last year, with DC plan assets in the universe growing 10% since 2017.

• Assets rise 10% on 3 booming quarters of gains in equities

• Funds turn back clock in return to active equity

• Teachers plans seeing results from effort to improve cash flow

• For largest U.S. retirement fund, the sky’s the limit

• Private equity, real assets make gains with funds wanting safety

• Fixed income still prized in asset mix of corporate funds

• Older companies, not upstarts, will take lead on innovative changes

• How the data were compiled

• Slideshow: The 1,000 Largest Retirement Funds

• Animation: P&I 1,000 by the numbers

• POLL: Are DB plans returning to active management?

• Graphic: Top heavy but stable?

P&I Research Center Rankings

• Top 1000 ranking

• Largest investors in private equity funds

• Largest investors in hedge funds

• Largest investors in emerging markets equity

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