Total assets in both new and closed pension plans in the Czech Republic increased by CZK 20bn from Q1 to Q2 2025, according to the Association of Pension Companies (APS).

As Seznam Zprávy reported, by the end of Q2 2025, pension companies managed around CZK 631bn for 3.9 million participants in the Czech third pillar pension system.

The data also revealed that just over two million people are invested in supplementary pension savings funds, which hold around CZK 268bn.

Meanwhile, approximately 1.8 million people continued to save in the older transformed funds, closed to new participants since 2012, with total assets of CZK 363bn.

By the end of Q2, almost 168,000 pension plan savers were under 18 years old and contributed an average of CZK 578 per month.

The findings also revealed that around 47,670 new participants joined investment funds during the quarter.

By the end of Q2, roughly 1.29 million participants had received employer contributions, averaging CZK 1,109 per month for the old supplementary pension insurance and CZK 1,221 for the new supplementary pension savings.

The research also showed that 6,641 people took early retirement from their supplementary pension savings by the end of June, with an average early retirement payment of CZK 16,059.

Commenting on this, APS spokesperson, Jan Sedláček, said: "The quarter-on-quarter increase in the new pension plan is almost 50 thousand participants, at the end of the second quarter, it was already 2.08 million investors."

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