中国个人养老金演进与养老理财透视：养老理财稳中求进，未来可期

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report China's personal pension system has been fully implemented for half a year, and pension wealth - management products are rising rapidly in the multi - level pension system with low - risk and stable returns as core advantages, showing investment potential of "seeking progress while maintaining stability and promising future" [1]. 3. Summary According to Related Catalogs 3.1 China's Personal Pension System's Full - scale Implementation and Global Insights 3.1.1 China's Pension System: From "Multi - level" to "Multi - pillar" China's pension system is structured around the internationally - recognized "three - pillar" framework. By the end of 2024, the total scale of China's multi - level pension security system was about 18.8 trillion yuan, a 12.77% increase from the previous year. The first pillar (social security fund + basic pension) accounted for about 63.9% (about 12 trillion yuan), the second pillar 35.8%, and the third pillar about 0.3%, showing the characteristics of "dominated by basic security and the supplementary level awaiting breakthrough" [2][11]. 3.1.2 Full - scale Implementation of Personal Pension The personal pension system was fully implemented in December 2024, with core breakthroughs in national coverage, diversified product systems, and flexible services and withdrawals. By the end of May 2025, the number of account - opening exceeded 72 million, and the number of products increased to 1,031, but the phenomenon of "hot account - opening and cold deposit" was prominent [15][16]. 3.1.3 International Comparison of Personal Pension Systems The core of the US personal pension system is the Individual Retirement Account (IRAs), with an asset scale of about 17 trillion US dollars by the end of 2024. The UK's personal pension started in 1986, and by the end of 2021, its scale was about 470 billion pounds. Japan's personal pension system consists of iDeCo and NISA. Different countries have different tax mechanisms, access conditions, annual payment limits, investment ranges, and withdrawal conditions [17][21][22]. 3.2 Domestic Personal Pension Product Hierarchical Competition and Global Experience 3.2.1 Formation of the Domestic Personal Pension Product Hierarchical Competition Pattern As of the end of May 2025, savings, insurance, wealth - management, and fund products accounted for 45%, 23%, 3%, and 29% respectively in terms of product quantity. The market is dominated by leading institutions, and small and medium - sized institutions seek breakthroughs through characteristic products [33]. 3.2.1.1 Savings Products with Stable Returns As of June 4, 2025, joint - stock banks were the main issuers of savings products, accounting for 58% of the total product quantity. The interest rate of long - term savings products was generally about 0.6 percentage points higher than that of short - term products [40]. 3.2.1.2 Insurance Products: Coexistence of Guaranteed Stability and Return Elasticity As of the end of May 2025, there were 233 insurance products. The market was dominated by leading institutions, and professional pension insurance companies performed prominently. Some products of National Pension Insurance had a settlement interest rate of over 4% in 2024 [45]. 3.2.1.3 Steady Development of Wealth - management Products As of the end of May 2025, there were 35 wealth - management products, mainly from large bank - affiliated wealth - management subsidiaries. The average one - year return rate as of June 6, 2025, was 2.7%, and the average annualized return rate since establishment was 3.1% [54][58]. 3.2.1.4 New Index Products in the Fund Category, with Leading Funds Dominating the Market Pattern As of the end of May 2025, there were 297 fund products. R3 (medium - risk) products dominated, and pension target FOF accounted for the main proportion. Index funds were included in the product catalog in December 2024, and leading institutions dominated the market [61]. 3.2.2 Higher Allocation Ratio of Equity Assets in Developed Countries' Personal Pensions The US IRA's asset allocation has shifted from deposits to equity assets. The UK's Vanguard target funds had an average annualized return rate of about 7.3% (target risk funds) and 7.8% (target date funds) from 2012 - 2024. Japan's iDeco has increased foreign stock allocation, and NISA has a higher risk preference. Compared with developed countries, domestic personal pension products have a lower allocation ratio of equity assets and relatively lower returns [73][79][81]. 3.3 Pension Wealth - management Products Promising in the Future 3.3.1 Overview of Pension Wealth - management Products As of the end of May 2025, 10 out of 11 approved wealth - management companies had issued 51 pension wealth - management products. The market was dominated by state - owned large banks and leading wealth - management companies. There were 271 pension target funds with a management scale of about 60 billion yuan at the end of 2024, and 1,018 annuity pension products with a management scale of about 2.3 trillion yuan at the end of 2024 [87][91][93]. 3.3.2 Structure of Pension Wealth - management Products As of the end of May 2025, pension wealth - management products were mainly fixed - income, with R2 - level (low - medium risk) products accounting for 96.1%. They had lower management and custody fees compared to pension target funds [98][100]. 3.3.3 Bond - based Asset Allocation in Pension Wealth - management As of Q1 2025, pension wealth - management products mainly allocated fixed - income assets (75.3%), with bonds and non - standard debt assets as the main components. Pension target funds highly relied on public funds, and annuity pension products were mainly allocated to fixed - income assets [101].