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More retirement savings going offshore, survey shows

PENSION FUNDS

INSTITUTIONAL investment funds, into which pension funds channel employees’ retirement savings, have, in recent years, increasingly invested offshore.

The Alexforbes 2023 Manager Watch, a survey of retirement fund investment managers released last week, shows that multi-asset funds with a global component have increased their offshore allocation to 34.2%, up from 24.6% in 2018.

Allocation to the JSE has fallen in these funds to 38.7%, down from 45.7% in 2018.

Regulation 28 under the Pension Funds Act

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