Pensions raise investments in offshore, private equity

Retirement Benefits Authority CEO Nzomo Mutuku. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU

Pension funds have raised their offshore and private equity investments threefold in the past two years, underlining the push for income diversification from equities and property whose returns have contracted.

The funds raised their offshore investments from Sh6.32 billion in 2019 to Sh19.4 billion at the end of last year, the latest industry data from the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) shows.

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