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BPOPF tweaks investment strategy in search of higher returns

Crest of a wave: Malindah oversaw a jump in returns last year
Crest of a wave: Malindah oversaw a jump in returns last year

The Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) is revising its investment strategy in search of even higher returns, after a stellar year in which assets under management rose 24.4% to P83.6 billion, BusinessWeek has learnt.

The pension fund, which is the country’s largest and the anchor of fund management activities in the local market, recorded its high returns on the back of COVID-19 defying gains in global equities, which outstripped weaker performances in asset classes such as fixed income.

The performance last year allowed the BPOPF to declare returns ranging between 23% and 7.5 percent for the different member portfolios, some of the highest numbers for a single year.

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