10 September 2021

EPPF investment in China A equities

By Ndabe Mkhize

The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (“EPPF”) is a defined benefit pension whose long-term investment strategy is set through an asset-liability modelling (“ALM”) process, which leads to formulation of the strategic asset allocation (“SAA”) of the Fund. The EPPF ALM process is a very robust process that involves three groups of actuaries (ALM actuaries, peer review actuaries, and the Fund actuary or valuator, the investment team, and the Strategic Investment Committee 

05 April 2021

Eskom Pension and Provident Fund CFO Shafeeq Abrahams steps into CEO role

Shafeeq Abrahams has taken over from Linda Mateza as the EPPF’s CEO and principal.

05 April 2021

EPPF head of HR Shyless Nkuna says servant leadership is paramount

If the global financial crisis was the mock exam, Covid-19 presented the real test for HR leaders, says Shyless.

25 March 2021

Eskom fund supports Pension Funds Act amendments

The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF) has welcomed proposed amendments to the Pension Funds Act regulation 28 that will allow funds to elect to invest in infrastructure projects, says EPPF chief investment officer Ndabe Mkhize.

19 July 2020

No reason entities that manage people’s data should not implement Popia now

Firms can find themselves being ordered by the regulator to pay compensation to affected parties, and they can further be sued for damages

10 July 2020

Technology fulfils human purpose in pension fund environment

By Yolisa Skwintshi

Technology plays an important role in how a pension fund interacts with each of these stakeholder groups, which all have different needs.

18 March 2020

The Great COVID-19 Crisis, where is the bottom?

By Spencer Korb
 

Since the news broke that the Covid-19 coronavirus had spread substantially outside China to Europe and the United States, we have witnessed the mass destruction of wealth globally.

03 March 2020

INFRASTRUCTURE: HOW PENSION FUNDS CAN SERVE MEMBERS – AND THE NATION

By Ndabe Mkhize

Chief Investment Officer, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund

23 January 2020

The future of transformation in the investment industry and the EPPF’s role

By Ndabezinhle Mkhize

A first in the investment industry!

23 January 2020

Responsible Investing by Pension Funds: The ABC Of ESG

By Ndabe Mkhize

The core functions of a pension fund are to provide its beneficiaries with good enough returns for them to live on – and a good enough world to retire into.

20 January 2020

Sound corporate governance depends on ethical leaders – and you and me

By Levern Forley

Risk and Compliance Officer, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund