Mr. Win Phromphaet, Head of Investments and Deputy Spokesperson of the Social Security Office (SSO), said that, as of 31 December 2014, the Social Security Fund has total assets of 1.25 trillion Baht, 90% of which is set aside as a reserve for the Old-age Pension benefit. Therefore, most of the 1.25-trillion baht fund is in fact the retirement savings for over 12 million private employees.

With regards to the investment management of the Fund, as much as 79% of the 1.25-trillion-baht portfolio is now invested in highly secured assets including government bonds, state-enterprise bonds guaranteed by the Ministry of Finance, and investment-grade corporate bonds. The remaining 21% of the portfolio is invested in risky assets including bank deposits, other debt instruments, unit trusts (property funds, infrastructure funds, and foreign investment funds), and equities.

In 2014, the fund has generated a total investment income (realized return in cash, not including unrealized gain/loss) of 46,492 million Baht. The investment return for the year was 5.34% according to Accounting Standards No. 105 (which is officially used by the SSO), and 8.92%according to Accounting Standards No. 106 (which is used by most of the private funds). Since inception, the Fund has generated total investment income of 368,714 million Baht and an average return of 7.14%. All of the investment income is reserved in the Fund to support retirement benefit, as well as six other benefits, for the beneficiaries in the future.

As for the year 2015, the Annual Investment Plan, which was approved by the tri-partite Social Security Committee, will focus on infrastructure investments in Thailand. The Fund is likely to increase investments in government bonds which will be issued to raise funds for infrastructure project financing. Moreover, the Investment team was assigned to study new investment vehicles, especially Infrastructure Funds and Infrastructure Trusts, both of which will focus on local infrastructure projects and are expected to generate long-term, stable, income return of 6-8% per year.