The biggest market share was held by NN Pensii pension fund (27.2%), managed by NN, the largest private pension administrator in Romania, followed by AZT Viitorul Tau (21.4%), and Metropolitan Life (13.9%). By comparison, in March 2018, NN Pensii had a 27.6% market share, AZT Viitorul Tau had 21.2% and Metropolitan had a 13.9% market share.
The nine funds on the market had 7.3 million contributors in total at the end of March, 2.8% more on the year. At the beginning of 2018, the number of contributors stood a 7 million.
The biggest share of mandatory private pensions funds’ assets was tied in state paper in November (61.3%), followed by equity (18.3%). By comparison, in March 2018, state paper held a 61% share in total net assets and equity had a 20.35% share.