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PENSION FUNDS AND CAPITAL MARKETS

F agmeedah Petersen Lurie . PENSION FUNDS AND CAPITAL MARKETS. Independent Actuary. OECD / IOPS GLOBAL FORUM ON PRIVATE PENSIONS. Pensions Governance Investment. Long Term investors?. F agmeedah Petersen Lurie . Independent Actuary.

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PENSION FUNDS AND CAPITAL MARKETS

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  1. Fagmeedah PetersenLurie PENSION FUNDSAND CAPITAL MARKETS Independent Actuary OECD / IOPS GLOBAL FORUM ON PRIVATE PENSIONS Pensions Governance Investment

  2. Long Term investors? Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • Pension funds and insurers represent significant savings • Drivers of development of Listed and unlisted capital markets • Especially in developing countries – biggest source of capital for diversified, third party investments • Pension Funds are Asset Allocators relative to liabilities • Pension fund liabilities – Clearly long to very long term for DB Pensions Governance Investment

  3. Long Term investors? Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • Mature DB fund has DMT of around • 7yrs for pensioner members (NRA 60), • 18yrs for active members (salary-weighted average age 40) • Opportunity to invest for very long term, e.g. unlisted equity held to maturity (IPO) • What is risk for a long term investor? • Volatility is noise • Valuations are academic • Liquidity is irrelevant Pensions Governance Investment

  4. Long Term investors? Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • Primary measure of risk not in sentiment (market volatility), but real capital at risk • Patient capital unlocks growth potential and offers opportunity for long term growth • In Developing countries, with young populations, and immature pension funds (I.e. very young average age of membership), opportunity to invest for very long term. • Opportunity for Treasuries to issue debt along full yield curve, even very long term • 30 years plus, as observed in SA (stable inflation or inflation-indexation) Pensions Governance Investment

  5. Or a series of short terms? Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • Manage funding to triennial valuation reporting, solvency illustrated for RegulatorsSolvency reserves need funding, trustees need to learn to accept fluctuations in funding level. • Investment performance monitoring 1/4ly, yearly, 3 yearly. • Drives churn in market in pursuit of dubious value opportunities – about 60% of listed equities portfolio holding churned per yearUse longer term performance periods (in surveys, for performance fees calculations) • Regulation limits “more risky” unlisted investments. Limits gradually being relaxed Pensions Governance Investment

  6. Or a series of short terms? Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • “Previous trustees did a bad job” • Lack of expertise on part of trustees, coupled with trustee liability – aversion for complex long term investments – default to listed investments with good informationCompulsory investment skill to exist within board • Cash payouts on exit: • Fund becomes short term savings account • Valuation, liquidity, volatility become important Legislate compulsory preservation Pensions Governance Investment

  7. Driving market efficiency Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • Gravitate towards listed investments • Improve integrity of market • Less government interference • Demutualisation • Regulation • Increased demand for capital market services leads to increase in capital investments in market services • IT – speed of processing, reporting, settlement • Increased regulation – increased knowledge in market • Increased competition as providers seek market share Improve efficiency Pensions Governance Investment

  8. Driving market efficiency Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • DB funds (and insurers) create demand for Index-linked bonds • Creates critical mass for certain markets – e.g. derivatives market created by demand for effective TAA • Foreign (developed market investors) seeking alternative alpha • Demanding fledgling capital markets grow up Increases efficiency Pensions Governance Investment

  9. Crowding out unlisteds • Listed’s get disproportionate allocation of capital flows • Listed’s hothouse – valuations and consensus forecasts don’t support price • Listed’s management fees high, despite number of listed’s service providers • Lucrative, high margin listed fees disincentivises unlisted investment management • Trustees need to negotiate more

  10. GDP’s &market caps in Africa Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary Pensions Governance Investment

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  13. Investors driving markets Fagmeedah PetersenLurie Independent Actuary • Pension funds demand infrastructure and greenfields investments – increased packaging / preparation of investment opportunities • Unfortunately very few venture capital opportunities offered – deal pipeline restriction for private equity type of investments • Uncertain / opaque private equity investments and vehicles create mistrust on part of willing long term investors, especially in less developed markets in Africa • Need to be seen as more mainstream • Regulator to provide guidelines • Regulators and market entities need to share information and expertise, and platforms, both in the private and listed space Pensions Governance Investment

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