Polish Pension Funds Buy Foreign Stock at Record Pace Amid Slump
- Funds hold record $2.7 billion of international equities
- Nationale-Nederlanden PTE more than doubles foreign shares
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Poland’s pension funds are snapping up foreign stocks at a record clip to shore up returns after a government overhaul left them more vulnerable to sell-offs in the local market.
Holdings of shares abroad have jumped 77 percent this year to an all-time high of 9.9 billion zloty ($2.7 billion), or 6.8 percent of total fund assets, according to data from the financial regulator. Changes in the pension system, which included canceling sovereign debt and barring funds from purchasing more government securities, left portfolios dominated by Polish equities.