Why Is Africa’s Largest Pension Pulling Out of Africa’s Largest Asset Management Firm?
Africa’s largest pension, the South Africa-based Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), allowed its contract with the country’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC) to lapse, effectively pulling $4.4 billion out of the continent’s largest asset manager.
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For the $110 billion pension, this equates to approximately 4% of its total assets under management (AUM). The contract was five years long and expired this past March.
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The decision comes after a 2020 judicial inquiry by the South African government, which found “widespread disregard of PIC policies and processes on the transactions by PIC management and certain board members.” The inquiry focused on corruption in PIC’s Isibaya Fund, which invests in environmentally sustainable and socially responsible projects. The fund is known as a strong resource for Black-owned small and medium-sized businesses. PIC has been involved in impact investing for decades and was ranked among the top 30 responsible global investors just this past week by the Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI).
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