Pension funds beat NBFIRA target

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Leading the market: Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund CEO, Moemedi Malindah. The BPOPF is the country's largest pension fund

The country’s pension funds held 42.6% of their assets domestically as at November, or P64.4 billion, comfortably above NBFIRA's target of 41%, central bank data shows.

Bank of Botswana (BoB) figures show that by November, the pension funds held total assets of P151.3 billion.

Under the updated Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) Pension Fund Rules, local pension funds are required to gradually increase the proportion of domestic assets to 50% in the years to December 2027. The target for December 2024 was 41% and will move to 44% by December 2025.

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Pension funds beat NBFIRA target

The country’s pension funds held 42.6% of their assets domestically as at November, or P64.4 billion, comfortably above NBFIRA's target of 41%, central bank data shows.

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