October 4, 2022/Hill+Knowlton Strategies  By Agusto & Co. Originally a government-funded social scheme, pensions have since evolved into a global industry driven by the private sector, with several variations of the original pension plan. The 6%[1] annual average growth rate recorded in global pension assets in the past two decades […]

(Photo: MicroStockHub/iStock by Getty Images) October 4, 2022/IMFBlog By Fabio Natalucci, Mahvash S. Qureshi, and Felix Suntheim Mutual funds that allow investors to buy or sell their shares daily are an important component of the financial system, offering investment opportunities to investors and providing financing to companies and governments. Open-end investment funds, […]

October 4, 2022/FBNQuest The Debt Management Office’s (DMO) quarterly release on public debt, shows that the FGN’s total external debt obligations increased by c.USD96m relative to the prior quarter to USD40.1bn in Q2 ’22. This is roughly equivalent to 9.6% of 2021 GDP. On a y/y basis, the rise is […]