Namibia: A Bad Weather Warning On the Horizon?

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The 'ZIRP', acronym for zero interest rate policy, that has been applied by many of the large global economies since the financial crisis, projects some bad weather warnings on the screen of pension investors the consequences of which are not all that clear. More directly it has been eroding the social security systems of these countries as these systems are to a large extent dependent on fixed interest instruments delivering real returns.

Those that are still actively contributing towards their social security systems will be on the losing end of this equation and will either have to pay in ever more or will experience ever declining old age provision and will have to make supplementary provision.

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