According to the data on the stock status (Form 13F) reported by the National Pension Service to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the 14th, it was found that as of the end of the third quarter of 2014, the national pension held Tesla stocks worth $792 million (approximately 8.8 billion won). .
At the time, Tesla’s share price was only 9.71 dollars, but as of the 13th of this month, it is recording 813.32 dollars as it opened the electric vehicle market. Tesla shares had a par value split in August 2020, increasing 1 share to 5 shares, and reflecting the par value split, the stock price at that time was $48.54. The national pension’s 2016-2019 Tesla holdings ratio is 0.42 to 0.44%, with a stake of 0.42% at the end of 2019. When converting to the current share price by reflecting the par value split, assuming that the company has held the stock so far, the new return rate for six and a half years is 8278% and the valuation amount reaches 3.6 trillion won.
The status of the national pension’s overseas stock holdings will be revealed after six months, and the holding status as of the end of 2020 can be checked around July this year.
The National Pension Service said, “It is correct to own Tesla stocks as of the third quarter of 2014, but we cannot confirm the current holdings and returns.”
According to the head of the National Pension Service in the early 2010s, it is estimated that 2012 was the first time the National Pension purchased Tesla shares. Jeon Kwang-woo, who served as the chairman of the National Pension Service from 2009 to 2013, said, “At the time of inauguration, the national pension’s asset portfolio was 80% bonds and over 90% domestic assets. We pushed for a change in the fund management paradigm that diversifies overseas,” he said. He added, “In the case of overseas, we indirectly commissioned management through a large manager with a lot of local information, and I remember investing in growth stocks as well as superior stocks.”
Lee Chan-woo, former head of the Fund Management Division, who led the Fund Management Division for three years from 2010, said, “After the 2008 financial crisis and the European financial crisis in 2011, a friendly atmosphere for overseas investment was created from 2012.” “We know that we have made overseas investments with the support system and system.”
In addition to Tesla, the National Pension Service holds stocks in big tech companies such as Microsoft (MS) and Apple. As of the end of 2019, the evaluation amount was KRW 3.33 trillion for MS, KRW 3,146.4 trillion for Apple, and KRW 1,991.3 trillion for Amazon.
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