Why investing pension funds requires players to think outside the box

It’s a tough time to be investing a pension fund’s cash. Analysis of pension schemes by Actuarial Service East Africa (ActServ) shows overall flat returns over the first quarter this year (0.8 percent) and 2022 (-0.6 percent).

Both returns further trail those posted in the first quarter of 2021 and 2019 at 2.26 percent and 6.5 percent respectively.