BPOPF tweaks investment strategy in search of higher returns
Friday, September 03, 2021 | 1550 Views |
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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