Private Finance for Sustainable Development Conference-2020

Jan 30 | 08:15 - 09:15

The role of domestic pension funds in financing the SDGs

Room: BB3

Description

Domestic pension funds have an important role in generating long-term financial resources and facilitating the growth of capital markets. Ideas are emerging that domestic pension fund resources may be directed towards SDG financing. There is, however, a lot of complexity to using pension systems to support financing of the SDGs. This breakfast meeting will look at some of the risks, challenges and opportunities of using domestic pension funds to finance sustainable development goals.

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