<div style="max-width: 100%;"></div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>Pension Fund Investment in the Nigerian equities market dropped by 3.2 per cent in the past four months, this comes as the appetite by PFA&#8217;s for investment in government securities and bank placements increased. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pension joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Pension funds’ equities investment down by 27bn naira in April

<div style="max-width: 100%;"></div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>The National Pension Commission approved the increase of the minimum regulatory capital for pension fund managers in Nigeria from one billion naira to five billion naira. Nigeria&#8217;s pensions regulator also approved a 12-month transition period for PFAs to meet the new capital requirements. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigerian pension fund managers race to meet new N5bn capital requirement

<div style="max-width: 100%;"></div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>Nigeria’s Pension Transfer Window, which was launched in November last year, gives pension contributors the freedom to switch to their preferred fund administrator.</p>


How the transfer window impacts Nigeria’s pension industry

<div style="max-width: 100%;"></div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>The World Trade Organisation’s General Council is set to hold a virtual meeting today to decide on the appointment of the next Director General. Nigeria’s Former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to become the first woman, first African and first black person to hold the top position at the WTO if appointed. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


WTO DG: What Okonjo-Iweala’s leadership means for Africa

<div style="max-width: 100%;"></div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>As oil prices hit a nine-month high with Brent crude hovering around 51 dollars and 60 cents, worries around oil demand recovery persist despite improved vaccination hopes. Oil cartel, OPEC, trimmed its 2021 demand forecast yet again to 95.89 million barrels per day just as its Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee rescheduled this week’s meeting for early January.  Joining CNBC Africa to discuss what to expect from the oil sector next year are Adeoye Adefulu, Partner at Odujinrin and Adefulu, Kola Karim, the Chairman of Shoreline Group and Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions.</p>


What lies ahead for Nigeria’s oil and gas sector in 2021?

<div style="max-width: 100%;">
  <video-js
    data-account="1571595826001"
    data-player="c0AOssA7"
    data-video-id="6193702626001"
    data-embed="default"
    controls=""
    data-application-id=""
    class="vjs-fluid"></video-js>
</div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>Nigeria is working to improve its performance in revenue collection and ensuring transparency through a new initiative where directors of finance and accounts will be deployed to selected federal government’s owned enterprises. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for this conversation.</p>


Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

<div style="max-width: 700px;">
  <video-js
    data-account="1571595826001"
    data-player="c0AOssA7"
    data-video-id="6168819177001"
    data-embed="default"
    controls=""
    data-application-id=""
    class="vjs-fluid"></video-js>
</div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for some insight on how Nigeria’s Pension Fund Administrators plan to weather the Covid-19 storm in the second half of the year.</p>


Crusader Sterling Pensions: How Covid-19 will impact Nigerian pension funds in H2

<div style="max-width: 700px;">
  <video-js
    data-account="1571595826001"
    data-player="c0AOssA7"
    data-video-id="6165299063001"
    data-embed="default"
    controls=""
    data-application-id=""
    class="vjs-fluid"></video-js>
</div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>Global Foreign Direct Investment flows will decline by up to 40 per cent in 2020, from their 2019 value of $1.54 trillion, meaning that for the first time since 2005 global FDI will fall below 1 trillion dollars. This is contained in a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The report also projects a further 5 to 10 per cent decrease in global FDI in 2021. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


UNCTAD: Global FDI to fall below $1trn first time since 2005

<div style="max-width: 700px;">
  <video-js
    data-account="1571595826001"
    data-player="c0AOssA7"
    data-video-id="6157958227001"
    data-embed="default"
    controls=""
    data-application-id=""
    class="vjs-fluid"></video-js>
</div>
<p><script src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/c0AOssA7_default/index.min.js">
</script></p>
<p>The National Bureau of Statistics is expected to release Nigeria’s pension asset data for the first quarter of the year, next week. Ahead of the release, we’ll take a look at how the global Covid-19 pandemic is impacting the asset allocation strategy for pension fund administrators. Joining CNBC Africa more is Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions.</p>


How COVID-19 impacts asset allocation strategy of pension funds

<div style="max-width: 700px;"><video-js data-account="1571595826001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6127227439001" data-playlist-id="" data-application-id="" class="vjs-fluid"></video-js></div>
<p><script src="https://players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.min.js"></script></p>
<p>Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) says the federal government has resolved to borrow two trillion from the current 10 trillion naira pension funds to finance the development of infrastructure. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa to discuss this story.</p>


Nigeria to borrow N2tn to fund infrastructure development

<div style="max-width: 700px;"><video-js data-account="1571595826001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6099762040001" data-playlist-id="" data-application-id="" class="vjs-fluid"></video-js></div>
<p><script src="https://players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.min.js"></script></p>
<p>Following the new Open Market Operation (OMO) policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria restricting individuals and local corporates from participating, how are pension fund administrators adjusting to the new regulation? Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


OMO Guideline: How are PFAs responding?

<div style="max-width: 700px;"><video-js data-account="1571595826001" data-player="default" data-embed="default" controls="" data-video-id="6089349929001" data-playlist-id="" data-application-id="" class="vjs-fluid"></video-js></div>
<p><script src="https://players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.min.js"></script></p>
<p>The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has hinted that there might be no rate cut this year till 2020 pending a visible downward trend in inflation. To discuss this and other stories making the rounds in Nigeria at this hour, Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


CBN Governor hints at no rate-cut this year

<div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 730px;">
<div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;" src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6049890179001" allowfullscreen="" border=0 frameborder=0></iframe></div>
</div>
<p>Nigeria&#8217;s National Pensions Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria are currently exploring a framework where workers under the contributory pensions scheme can access 25 per cent of their contributions for personal home investments. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Nigeria eyes share of pensions for mortgage industry

<div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 730px;">
<div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;" src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6024598776001" allowfullscreen="" border=0 frameborder=0></iframe></div>
</div>
<p>Nigeria launched the micro pension plan late last month as the government aims to extend pension services to the informal sector. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa to discuss the prospect of Nigeria’s micro-pension scheme.</p>


Nigeria’s micro pension plan explained

<div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 730px;">
<div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;" src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6016439930001" allowfullscreen="" border=0 frameborder=0></iframe></div>
</div>
<p>Data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the number of workers registered under the pension scheme increased to just over 8.4 million people in the fourth quarter of 2018. Niyi Falade; CEO, Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa to discuss the prospect and challenges of Nigeria&#8217;s pension industry.</p>


Nigeria’s pension industry: prospects & challenges

<div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 730px;">
<div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;" src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6010550559001" allowfullscreen="" border=0 frameborder=0></iframe></div>
</div>
<p>Following reforms in Nigeria&#8217;s Pension industry in the first four years of President Buhari&#8217;s administration; what is the outlook for the sector in the next four years? Niyi Falade, CEO, Crusade Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa to discuss this.</p>


Nigeria’s pension industry: Outlook for the next 4 years

<div style="display: block; position: relative; max-width: 730px;">
<div style="padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;" src="//players.brightcove.net/1571595826001/default_default/index.html?videoId=5996239118001" allowfullscreen="" border=0 frameborder=0></iframe></div>
</div>
<p>Nigeria&#8217;s government has issued a Pension Fund Administrator licence to the Nigerian University Pension Management Company to handle the pension of university retirees. Niyi Falade, CEO of Crusader Sterling Pensions joins CNBC Africa to discuss how this will impact the country&#8217;s pensions landscape.</p>


Niyi Falade

Pension funds’ equities investment down by 27bn naira in April

Nigerian pension fund managers race to meet new N5bn capital requirement

How the transfer window impacts Nigeria’s pension industry

WTO DG: What Okonjo-Iweala’s leadership means for Africa

What lies ahead for Nigeria’s oil and gas sector in 2021?

Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

Crusader Sterling Pensions: How Covid-19 will impact Nigerian pension funds in H2

UNCTAD: Global FDI to fall below $1trn first time since 2005

How COVID-19 impacts asset allocation strategy of pension funds

Nigeria to borrow N2tn to fund infrastructure development

OMO Guideline: How are PFAs responding?

CBN Governor hints at no rate-cut this year

Nigeria eyes share of pensions for mortgage industry

Nigeria’s micro pension plan explained

Nigeria’s pension industry: prospects & challenges

Nigeria’s pension industry: Outlook for the next 4 years

Nigeria approves new pension company for universities

News Tips

Advertise With Us

Niyi Falade

Pension funds’ equities investment down by 27bn naira in April

Nigerian pension fund managers race to meet new N5bn capital requirement

How the transfer window impacts Nigeria’s pension industry

WTO DG: What Okonjo-Iweala’s leadership means for Africa

What lies ahead for Nigeria’s oil and gas sector in 2021?

Nigeria pushes for transparency in govt owned enterprises

Crusader Sterling Pensions: How Covid-19 will impact Nigerian pension funds in H2

UNCTAD: Global FDI to fall below $1trn first time since 2005

How COVID-19 impacts asset allocation strategy of pension funds

Nigeria to borrow N2tn to fund infrastructure development

OMO Guideline: How are PFAs responding?

CBN Governor hints at no rate-cut this year

Nigeria eyes share of pensions for mortgage industry

Nigeria’s micro pension plan explained

Nigeria’s pension industry: prospects & challenges

Nigeria’s pension industry: Outlook for the next 4 years

Nigeria approves new pension company for universities

News Tips

Advertise With Us

Newsletters