FACTORS AFFECTING INVESTMENT DECISIONS OF PENSION SCHEMES IN KENYASharon Chepkoech
Sundeep Raichura, chairman of Kenya Pension Fund Investment Consortium (KEPFIC), told Xinhua in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that they are keen to collaborate with foreign firms that have the expertise to undertake viable infrastructure projects such as roads, rail and energy plants. "As the Keny...
A survey part-conducted by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) indicates that only 10.6 percent of Kenyans belong to a pension scheme amid the push from the State to grow retirement savings. This points to a possible deepening of old-age poverty, which in itself has significant social impli...
Asset Class Selection and Financial Performance of Registered Umbrella Retirement Benefits Schemes in Kenya Purpose: The financial performance of pension funds has deteriorated over time, threatening their main purpose of shielding retirees from old age poverty. ... JW Kibata,AW Njeru 被引量: 0发表...
The impact of risk based supervision on the financial performance of pension funds in Kenya 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 28 作者: RW Njuguna 摘要: Over the years, it has emerged that most pension schemes have not been keen in riskmanagement. However, current trends in developed ...
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This is laudable because Kenya’s pension system is largely based on employer-employee relationships, which only cover 15 percent of the labour force. In addition, there is need to reform social security because of the position the economy finds itself, more urgent need for fiscal consolidation,...
On the financial sustainability of earnings-related pension schemes with 'pay-as-you-go' financing and the role of government-indexed bonds In this paper the authors reconsider the idea of an earnings-related pension system with reserves invested in indexed government bonds as a mechanism to bo....
Mercer, a consultancy firm, only finds 2 per cent of European schemes invested in infrastructure, with an allocation of 3–4 per cent for those that have. See Mercer (2009) 2009 European Asset Allocation Survey, April. The Watson Wyatt survey shows a big increase from the year before (US...
Pension schemes cut investment in securities on Covid-19 disruptions, blunting local investor stake in the economy and making Kenya slip four positions in an index that ranks countries’ financial market attractiveness. The Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2021 shows that reduced pension investm...