Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 January 2017: Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, confirms they will be hosting their annual market leading Ai African Pension and Sovereign Wealth Fund Leaders’ Summit in South Africa. This annual event is a high-level platform for African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund (SWF & PF) investment leaders to engage on co-investment opportunities and share best practices on key issues to improve the investment environment for long term intra-African investment.
The Ai Pension and Sovereign Wealth Fund Summit will convene global institutional investment leaders and asset owners, who are moving markets, driving economies and driving transactions that will shape the future of Africa’s investment landscape. The summit is themed “Facilitating Pension Fund Investment Partnerships with African Asset Owners”.
“Translating Africa’s fortunes depend on harnessing stronger alliances and engaging the full capacity of both domestic and international pension and sovereign fund asset owners,” said Hubert Danso, CEO and Vice Chairman of Africa investor. “Investors around the world are taking a hard look at recent changes in Africa and are interested in knowing more about future opportunities in the region. This long standing event, which brings together the world’s leading and largest pension and sovereign fund decision makers has been instrumental in facilitating co-investment collaboration between African and international pension and sovereign wealth funds.”
Summit partners include the World Pensions Council, Pacific Pensions Institute (PPI) and Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), Botswana Pension Society, the East and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA), Association of Retirement Benefit Schemes, Retirement Funds Institute of Namibia as well as the Zimbabwe Association of Pension Funds.
Africa investor will also host the Ai Pension Investment Leadership Awards (PILA’s) , as well as the Ai Pension and Sovereign Wealth Fund Forum Advisory Board Meeting, which this year will include their US and international peers, to receive a series of investment presentations on vetted infrastructure investment opportunities in Africa.
For more information on the Ai African Pension and Sovereign Wealth Fund Leaders’ Summit, contact:
Renee Montez on +27 11 783 2431 or at rmontez@africainvestor.com
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