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SSS profit to top ₱100 B, driven by investments in ‘25

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August 29, 2025

Following the solid annual net income growth in the first semester of 2025, the Social Security System (SSS) is optimistic about reaching the P100-billion mark this year, which the pension fund has forecast to be surpassed by the end of 2026, albeit at a slower pace.

- By DERCO ROSAL

“Definitely, we’ll reach the ₱100-bil-lion mark in net income for 2025. So we estimate that in terms of percentage growth of net income, it will range from about 38 to about 43 percent year-on-year,” SSS President and CEO Robert Joseph M. De Claro said during the 68th anniversary press briefing on Aug. 28.

SSS closed 2024 with a net income of P90.2 billion. De Claro said the agency projects to “significantly grow” in 2025.

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