May 2025
08May

Nigeria. PenCom DG laments negative growth in pension industry

The Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Omolola Oloworaran, has lamented the negative growth recorded in the pension industry since 2021. Oloworaran expressed this concern on Thursday at the 2025 Pension Industry Leadership Retreat organised under the theme, ‘Sustainable Retirement – Strategic Blueprint for Economic Development and Inclusion.’ The Pension Reform Act 2004 empowers PenCom to regulate, supervise and ensure the effective administration of pension matters in Nigeria. The functions of the Commission include: Regulation and supervision of the Contributory Pension...

May 8, 2025
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07May

Largest 100 Corporate Pension Plans See Strong Increases in Funding Surplus

The largest U.S. corporate pension funds had a collective funding surplus last year for the first time since 2007, according to Milliman’s 2025 Corporate Pension Funding Study. Funding ratios of the Milliman 100 rose to 101.1% in fiscal year 2024, up from 98.5% in 2023. This is the first time these companies have had an average funding surplus since 2007, when that figure stood at 106%, before falling to 79% during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. In fiscal 24,...

May 7, 2025
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07May

New buyout strategy for pension funds?

There is a wrinkle developing in the overall theme of depressed buyout markets, and especially difficult exit conditions. And it’s hardly a positive one. According to news reports, leading pension funds which used to be stalwart independent executors of buyout transactions are now pulling back from direct investment and pursuing more partnership deals with buyout firms. Higher borrowing costs have also reduced the allure of direct investment deals. Canada’s Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has already launched a strategic...

May 7, 2025
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06May

UK. DB pension schemes pulling ahead of sponsors on ESG progress

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are pulling ahead of scheme sponsors when it comes to making progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations, research from LawDeb has revealed. The survey showed that both DB pension schemes and the sponsoring businesses behind them are relatively aligned in some key areas, as just over a third (34 per cent) of finance leaders surveyed think both the scheme and business are leaders in diversity ambitions. However, around the same number (32 per cent)...

May 6, 2025
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06May

Ghanaian PE, securities, pensions industry leaders sign compact to mobilise domestic capital

The Ghana Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (GVCA), one of Africa’s foremost VC industry associations, has launched an industry-wide “Compact” that champions local institutional asset allocations to venture capital and private equity. Founded in 2021, the Ghana Venture Capital Association (GVCA) acts as a key connector within Ghana’s private investment ecosystem, linking asset allocators, institutional investors, fund managers, portfolio companies, advisors, and service providers. Its growing membership consists of firms, including venture capital and private equity companies, institutional investors, and...

May 6, 2025
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06May

US. Congress reintroduces ‘portable’ federally-run retirement plan bill for private sector workers

The Retirement Savings for Americans Act, which would offer a federally-run program for uncovered low- and middle-income workers, was reintroduced in the Senate last week by Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO), after being reintroduced in the House April 7 by Representative Lloyd Smucker (R-PA). The RSAAlegislation to help private sectors workers without access to 401(k)s build wealth and save for retirement. Recommended For You “Too many hard-working Americans are not able to prepare financially for retirement. Over half of working employees lack access to...

May 6, 2025
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April 2025
29Apr

Economic volatility & tariff turmoil will elevate pension funds desire to diversify

In an increasingly volatile and uncertain financial world where the investment landscape has been exposed to unpredictable shocks, pension funds have been among the most affected by equity market declines and this is expected to further heighten the desire to diversify their asset portfolios. Stock market indices across major economies have fallen in the wake of the introduction of the United States administration’s tariff policy. While tariff amounts have been rolled back in some cases, or put on hold, with countries...

April 29, 2025
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25Apr

The future of pensions and retail investment in the EU

By Maximilian Bierbaum & Sheenam Singhal In the debate on the future of capital markets in Europe, widening retirement saving and widening retail investment are the potential missing link. But there is a danger that by dealing with the two topics in isolation, EU policymakers will miss the bigger picture. We think this needs to change. Neither pensions nor more retail investment can solve this problem on their own. To really move the dial, we need both – and there...

April 25, 2025
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25Apr

The role of CEOs in the sustainability of defined benefit pension plans

By Joanne Horton, Paraskevi Vicky Kiosse, Maria Koumenta & Evisa Mitrou The future of defined benefit (DB) pensions is a hotly debated topic in reward management. Drawing on agency and managerial power theories, the conditions under which CEOs can affect their sustainability have been examined. We show that when the CEO is a member of the same DB plan as their employees or when the CEO is both a member and a trustee of the plan, this affects the agency and power...

April 25, 2025
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23Apr

Over Half of Global Pension Funds Exceed Private Equity Allocation Targets

As private markets continue to gain popularity, global pension funds were, on average, above their median target allocation to private equity in the first quarter of 2025. S&P Global Market Intelligence data revealed that the median target allocation across 298 funds across the global was $306.8 million. Yet, the median actual allocation was $330.3 million, resulting in a $23.5 million overallocation. Of the 298 pension funds analyzed, 174 were found to be overallocated to private equity. In particular, California State Teachers' Retirement...

April 23, 2025
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