Korean slang profile
TIF
TIF
A pension fund designed to allow steady withdrawals of income such as interest and dividends from assets remaining after retirement.
A pension fund designed to allow steady withdrawals of income such as interest and dividends from assets remaining after retirement.
- Expanded form
- Target Income FundTarget Income Fund
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Oct 31, 2021
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
설명회에서 TIF가 어떤 소득을 추구하는지 질문했어.
At the presentation, I asked what income a TIF seeks.
02Documented history
- October 2021이데일리 gave TIF’s expanded English form and ‘타깃인컴펀드’, explaining it as a product focused on post-retirement withdrawals.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘Target Income Fund’ (Target Income Fund). A 2021 source from 이데일리 gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly gives this explanation. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- “뭘 좋아할지 몰라 다 준비했다”…TIF부터 TRF까지 (이데일리)Published Oct 31, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026