After more than a year, China looks set to broaden personal pension fund categories. Multiple fund companies received a notice to prepare for adding option-embedded secondary bond funds and debt-biased hybrid funds to the personal pension product catalogue; each firm may nominate one qualifying fund for inclusion. Industry participants said inclusion would broaden product choices for personal pensions, better match diverse retirement needs and support development of the third-pillar pension mark

After more than a year, China looks set to broaden personal pension fund categories. Multiple fund companies received a notice to prepare for adding option-embedded secondary bond funds and debt-biased hybrid funds to the personal pension product catalogue; each firm may nominate one qualifying fund for inclusion. Industry participants said inclusion would broaden product choices for personal pensions, better match diverse retirement needs and support development of the third-pillar pension market.