PRESS RELEASE: For immediate publication Africa’s pension industry is crossing the threshold into a major growth path and impact on economies, savings and investment. Africa’s institutional savings – pension, insurance and other funds – are emerging as transformative forces for Africa’s economies. Pensions in ten African countries were recently tallied at $379 billion in assets under management (of which $322bn are in South Africa). A conservative forecast is that the pension funds in the six largest sub-Saharan African markets will grow to $622bn in assets by 2020 and to $7.3 trillion by 2050. The question we should ask ourselves is “How can we leverage pension and investment funds for the development of Africa?” With this in mind, AME Trade is pleased to announce the launch of the Pension Funds & Alternative Investment Africa Conference (PIAFRICA), to be held in Mauritius from the 15th– 16th March 2017 as part of their finance & investment portfolio of events. PIAFRICA aims to bring together the leaders of pension funds and institutional investors, policymakers, regulators, capital-markets, private equity and other stakeholders and is endorsed by the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) Discussions will focus on maximizing Africa’s pension fund and institutional investor opportunity, and will revolve around the following topics:
Key trends, challenges and opportunities for Africa pension funds
Insurance, mutual and social security funds
Best practices for sustainable growth and trust in funds
Private equity and pensions
Sovereign wealth funds – aligning with long-term investment funds
Country profiles: African pension funds
Long-term benefits of investing in infrastructure, real estate and other alternative assets
Capacity building and support tools
Technology, fund administration and member services
African funds and impact on the development of capital markets
Speakers confirmed to date include: Doug Lacey, Partner, Leapfrog Investments Eric Fajemisin, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Mr PK Kuriachen, Chief Executive, Financial Services Commission Ernest Thompson, Director General, Social Security & National Insurance Trust Krishen Sukdev, CEO, Government Pensions Administration Agency Richard Arlove, CEO, Abax Services Amongst others The conference will provide a chance to look at key trends and the agenda for future industry issues while bringing together key role players and stakeholders to identify challenges and investment potential.
For more information about the event please visit http://ametrade.org/piafrica/ or for media accreditation and interviews contact Barbora Kuckova, Marketing Manager, AME Trade Ltd Tel: +44 207 700 4949 Email: barbora@ametrade.org
