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  "title": "Greece's funded pension assets grew 20.2% in 2025, but at 1.3% of GDP they are still the smallest in the OECD",
  "dek": "Preliminary OECD data put Greece's asset-backed pension savings, held by ΤΕΚΑ and occupational funds, at USD 3,801 million at the end of 2025. The growth rate is among the highest in the OECD, which the OECD puts partly down to a recent system that started from low assets.",
  "description": "Greece's funded pension assets grew 20.2% in 2025, yet at 1.3% of GDP they remain the lowest in the OECD, against 95.7% for the OECD total.",
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  "published": "2026-11-08T08:20:00.000Z",
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  "glance": [
    "Assets in Greece's asset-backed pension arrangements rose 20.2% in 2025 in nominal local-currency terms, to USD 3,801 million, according to preliminary OECD data published in June 2026.[S1]",
    "At 1.3% of GDP, Greece has the lowest ratio of pension assets to GDP in the OECD table, against 95.7% for the OECD total.[S1]",
    "The OECD attributes Greece's fast growth partly to a recent asset-backed system that started from low assets, and links its modest returns to a smaller share of equities.[S2][S1]"
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    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Fortune Greece reports that Greek funded pension assets grew 20% in 2025 and equal 1.3% of GDP, against 95.7% for the OECD.[S3]",
      "finding": "OECD Table 1 gives Greece 20.2% growth since end-2024, in nominal local currency, and 1.3% of GDP, the lowest in the OECD table; the OECD total is 95.7% of GDP.[S1]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Fortune Greece reports that OECD-wide pension assets grew by almost 12% in 2025.[S3]",
      "finding": "The OECD factsheet gives 11.7% for the OECD total, measured in US dollars.[S1]"
    }
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Whether Fortune Greece's €3.2bn is its own conversion of the OECD's USD 3,801 million, and at what exchange rate. The OECD table gives only US dollars.",
    "Where the remaining assets of Greek funds sit. The three shares Fortune Greece reports add up to 68.9% by our calculation, and Fortune does not say what makes up the rest.",
    "How much of the 20.2% growth in 2025 came from new contributions and how much from investment returns.",
    "What Articles 36 and 37 of the Labour Ministry's draft bill (on ΤΕΚΑ's investment committee and investment manager) would change. We have read only their titles; comments on the draft close on 19 November 2026.",
    "Whether ΤΕΚΑ's own figures match the €630m reserve and 780,000-plus members that Fortune Greece reports, and how many occupational funds are registered today. We could not check either against ΤΕΚΑ or the supervisor."
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      "publisher": "OECD",
      "title": "Pension Markets in Focus – Preliminary 2025 Data (June 2026)",
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      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/support-materials/2025/11/pension-markets-in-focus-2025_361974da/PMF-Preliminary-2025-Data.pdf",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261108082037/https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/support-materials/2025/11/pension-markets-in-focus-2025_361974da/PMF-Preliminary-2025-Data.pdf"
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      "title": "OECD Pensions Outlook 2026",
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      "url": "https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/11/oecd-pensions-outlook-2026_534da97b/a51aa775-en.pdf",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261108082037/https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2026/11/oecd-pensions-outlook-2026_534da97b/a51aa775-en.pdf"
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      "id": "S3",
      "publisher": "Fortune Greece",
      "title": "Συντάξεις: Μεγαλώνει ο «κουμπαράς» των ασφαλισμένων – Στα 3,2 δισ. ευρώ τα κεφάλαια",
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "language": "el",
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      "url": "https://www.fortunegreece.com/article/sintaxeis-megalonei-o-koumparas-ton-asfalismenon-sta-32-dis-evro-ta-kefalaia/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261108082040/https://www.fortunegreece.com/article/sintaxeis-megalonei-o-koumparas-ton-asfalismenon-sta-32-dis-evro-ta-kefalaia/"
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      "id": "S4",
      "publisher": "Ministry of Labour and Social Security (opengov.gr)",
      "title": "Κανόνες στη χρήση της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης στην αγορά εργασίας – Προστασία εργαζομένων στις πλατφόρμες – … – Συνταξιοδοτικές ρυθμίσεις – Λοιπές διατάξεις (consultation #1413)",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "language": "el",
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      "url": "https://opengov.gr/ypergasias/deliberations/kanones-sti-chrisi-tis-technitis-noimosynis-stin-agora-ergasias-prostasia-ergazomenon-stis/",
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  "tags": [
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    "occupational pensions",
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