Commentary

Commentary: The Sovereign Concentration Problem

Heavy exposure to domestic sovereign debt links pension outcomes directly to fiscal outcomes. Diversification is a fiduciary question.

Abstract editorial illustration: commentary

When a large share of a fund's assets sits in domestic government securities, member outcomes become tightly coupled to the sovereign's fiscal position. Recent restructurings have made this risk tangible.

Diversification — across domestic corporate credit, real assets and international markets — is therefore not only a return question but a fiduciary one.

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