Inside BPOPF’s plans as billions drift back home

Mmegi: The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority has published the revised pension fund rules, which require that pension funds repatriate a certain percentage of their offshore holdings in the years to 2027. Into what areas does the BPOPF expect to invest these repatriated funds into locally?

Malindah: Our main focus or where we really want to place is on the infrastructure side and as these amounts come in, we are going to be playing there. Infrastructure is a very difficult asset class to penetrate because it takes a long time, it’s contract based and there are a whole lot of things that need to happen.