SABC Pension Fund a strong supporter Best Practices in the retirement industry
The Institute of Retirement Funds Africa’s (IRFA) Best Practice Awards Programme which started off as a communication challenge, is now thirty years old and has grown to reflect best practices on an international scale. With that in mind the SABC Pension Fund has stepped up in supporting the programme in terms of programme sponsorship for the awards presentation to be held at IRFA’s annual conference in Durban from the 10th-12th September 2017.
The awards are hotly contested and sought after and the judging panel features subject matter experts and industry thought leaders. Entries are attracted across the spectrum from superfunds to smaller funds. Entries also reflect contributions from retirement funds who are doing a superb job in member communication and education in a very different environment where members are working in many various locations and are rarely together in one place.
“As the SABC Pension Fund, we believe that the IRFA’s Best Practice Awards programme promotes sound and sustainable practices in the industry in relation to governance, stakeholder engagement, investment, financial reporting, transformation and trustee development. All funds are encouraged funds to enter the programme and share their practices with the industry at large, which is of utmost importance in terms of knowledge transfer”, says the CEO of the SABC Pension Fund Anthony Williams.
The status of the awards is re-enforced by the fact that many of the awards winners in the IRFA Best Practices programme have gone on to enter and win major international awards in these categories. One such winner is SABC Pension Fund itself.
Williams concluded, “We have been extremely fortunate that the SABC has been awarded 5 prestigious international awards this year and therefore it is imperative that we support the IRFA Best Practices Awards in 2017 in the interests of raising the game in the industry for the benefit of members of retirement funds and society at large”.
The other sponsor (category) of the 2017 awards process is Legae Investments.
