Statistics on Pension Funds: Q1 2025
12/06/2025 - Press Releases
- Total assets of pension funds increased by 1.2% to €2,543 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025 from €2,513 million in the previous quarter.
Total assets of compulsory and non-compulsory occupational pension funds (“pension funds”[1]) increased by €30 million compared with the previous quarter and stood at €2,543 million in the first quarter of 2025.
In further detail, the overall deposits of pension funds increased by 5 million and stood at €78 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025. Deposits’ share in total assets stood at 3.1% compared with 2.9% in the previous quarter.
Total holdings of debt securities increased to €1,148 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025, from €1,124 million in the previous quarter. This development is mainly due to net purchases of domestic but also of other euro area government bonds. Debt securities’ share increased to 45.1% of total assets at the end of the first quarter of 2025, compared with 44.7% in the previous quarter.
Total holdings of investment fund shares increased to €843 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025, from €836 million in the previous quarter. The increase of these holdings is mainly due to net purchases of domestic shares, partially offset by net sales of foreign investment fund shares. Investment fund holdings’ share in total assets stood at 33.2%, compared with 33.3% in the previous quarter.
Equity holdings decreased to €423 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025, compared with €427 million in the previous quarter. The decrease of these holdings is mainly due to net sales of foreign shares, partially offset by valuation increases in both, domestic and foreign, shares. The share of equity in total assets decreased to 16.6% from 17.0% in the previous quarter.
Table 1: Balance Sheet of Pension Funds (EUR millions at the end of the period)
Table 2: Net flows of investments of Pension Funds (EUR millions)
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The next Press Release on “Statistics on Pension Funds” for the second quarter of 2025 will be published on 9 September 2025, according to the Advance release calendar on the Bank of Greece website.
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Complete data set of pension funds
[1] Pension Funds include compulsory and non-compulsory pension funds according to the List of Pension Funds in the Bank of Greece’s website.