{"id":305096,"date":"2025-07-30T23:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305096\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T23:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:03:17","slug":"diversify-investments-strengthen-governance-post-ddep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305096\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversify investments, strengthen governance post-DDEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Diversify-investments-strengthen-governance-post-DDEP-NPRA-urges-SSNIT-1993950?gallery=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/87927972.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Afreh Biney is the Director-General of SSNIT\" title=\"Kwesi Afreh Biney is the Director-General of SSNIT\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Kwesi Afreh Biney is the Director-General of SSNIT<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has called on the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to undertake deeper governance reforms and diversify its investment portfolio to safeguard the pension fund against future economic shocks.<\/p>\n<p>The recommendation follows the impact of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), which substantially reduced returns on fixed-income investments and highlighted the risks of concentrated asset strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of SSNIT\u2019s 60th anniversary celebrations, NPRA Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Victor Azuma Mejida, acknowledged SSNIT\u2019s progress in expanding coverage and implementing administrative reforms. <\/p>\n<p>However, he cautioned that previous economic disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic to the recent debt restructuring revealed systemic vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing forward, it is important to reflect on these valuable lessons to remain agile in protecting income and investment security for stakeholders in the face of economic shocks. The DDEP served as a stark reminder that even the most trusted assets carry risks,\u201d Mejida stated.<\/p>\n<p>He urged SSNIT&#8217;s board and management to pursue reforms that improve governance, broaden investment choices, embrace innovation, and enhance operational efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us ensure that, regardless of economic hardship or fiscal turbulence, our pension systems are resilient enough to honour their social contract with contributors and pensioners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>SA<\/p>\n<p><b>How Virtual Reality is enhancing business and customer experience<\/b><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kwesi Afreh Biney is the Director-General of SSNIT The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has called on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,1700,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-305096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114944685393241122","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}