For those countries where pension coverage is relatively comprehensive, long-term actuarial projections are available for some of the pension schemes and these indicate the financial pressures to which they may be subjected. In Korea, for example, actuarial projections show the emergence of operating deficits in the National Pension Fund as early as 2020 or sooner.
In 2001, foreign banks accounted for 1.8 percent of the total banking assets, 0.35 percent of the RMB loans, and 14.7 percent of foreign exchange loans. While in 2005, these figures rose respectively to 1.89 percent, 0.55 percent and 20.97 percent.