Preparing for the Era of Fund-Type Retirement Pensions: Sustainvest and Korea Retirement Pension Data Join Hands

by Lee Minwoo

Published 28 Apr.2026 09:48(KST)

Supporting the Integrated Establishment of Corporate Response Systems

In preparation for the activation of fund-type retirement pensions, Sustainvestment, a leading domestic ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) evaluation and advisory firm, has joined hands with the operator of Glide, the platform that was the first in Korea to address retirement pension issues.

On April 28, Sustainvest announced that it had signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Retirement Pension Data, the operator of Glide, on April 24 to jointly develop an integrated solution for the activation of fund-type retirement pensions. The purpose is to establish a response system that enables companies to effectively address various issues when the fund-type retirement pension system is fully implemented.

The two companies recognized that retirement pensions have become a core agenda item, not only for securing workers' income after retirement but also for the management of corporate human capital and the long-term development of the capital market. In particular, as discussions on introducing fund-type retirement pensions accelerate, they noted the growing importance of building pension governance at the corporate level, fulfilling fiduciary responsibilities, and strengthening the capacity to develop long-term investment strategies. They plan to systematically support the necessary operations of fiduciary committees, the establishment of investment policy statements (IPS), asset allocation, default option design, selection of management institutions, performance monitoring, risk management, rebalancing, subscriber communication, and decision record management as the fund-type retirement pension system becomes established.

Specifically, Korea Retirement Pension Data will provide artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools and operating infrastructure to support these areas of execution, while Sustainvest will offer ESG data related to retirement pensions, customized investment strategy advisory services, and practical models for implementing pension governance.

Youngjae Ryu, Chairman of Sustainvest, stated, "With the advent of the fund-type retirement pension era, ensuring stable post-retirement income for employees through long-term asset formation has become an important challenge not only for workers, but also for companies and society as a whole. Leveraging the expertise and know-how Sustainvest has accumulated, we will present a pension governance and ESG data-based long-term investment strategy advisory model that meets global standards."

Youngjoo Nielsen, Head of Korea Retirement Pension Data, commented, "In advanced pension markets such as Europe, a culture has developed in which ensuring workers' post-retirement income is seen as an important corporate responsibility. The fund-type retirement pension system requires not just its adoption, but strong operational capabilities, so we will provide AI-based execution tools to help companies operate pension governance more efficiently and consistently."

Youngju Nielsen, Head of Korea Retirement Pension Data (left), and Youngjae Ryu, Chairman of Sustainvest