Labor funds report record profits and returnsBy Li Ching-hui and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerLabor funds generated record-breaking profit and returns last year, with profits of NT$1.1177 trillion (US$35.398 billion) and a return rate of 16.06 percent, the Bureau of Labor Funds said today. Meanwhile, the new Labor Pension Fund posted returns of 15.6 percent and profits of NT$746.9 billion, growing to NT$5.1795 trillion, it said. Bureau of Labor Funds signage is pictured at the Ministry of Labor in Taipei in an undated photograph. As of December last year, the total size of all labor funds reached NT$7.7925 trillion, with profits for that month alone topping NT$141.5 billion, the bureau said. Meanwhile, sharp fluctuations in the exchange rate between the US dollar and the New Taiwan dollar led to short-term swings in unrealized gains and losses for the labor funds, it said.

Source: Taipei Times February 02, 2026 11:04 UTC