NPS to have equity exposure of 25% in FY 27, says PFRDA Chair

The National Pension Scheme (NPS) volition person an equity marketplace vulnerability of 25% by fiscal 2027 , said Chairperson of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Sivasubramanain Raman connected February 13 astatine an lawsuit successful Mumbai.

“If you look astatine the stock of G-Secs compared with past year, it’s astir the same. Equity has gone up a bit, firm bonds has travel down a small bit. So, due to the fact that we person allowed equity to turn from 15% to 25% for the largest scheme, which is the authorities composite scheme. So, evidently equity has gone up today, it’s astatine astir 19% oregon so. And therefore, I deliberation firm bonds arsenic a radical travel down a small bit,” said Mr. Raman.

Further, helium said that the regulator is expected to alteration Alternative Investment Funds(AIF) vulnerability successful pension schemes by March 2026. “we’ve not enactment immoderate wealth into it till now. Okay. Now, we’ve created the structure, we’ve got the operating systems successful place, we should beryllium capable to person wealth flowing into AIFs successful this fiscal year. The operating processes are successful place. We should beryllium acceptable to spell wrong March,” helium said.

Mr. Raman besides said that the pension regulator acceptable up a committee called the MARS (Minimum Assured Return Scheme) which is discussing the thought of launching this scheme.