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NSE Reviews and Amends Pension Index
Monday, June 30, 2020
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is pleased to announce that it has reviewed the eligibility criteria for the NSE Pension Index (“The Index”) in line with changes in the regulatory and market requirements. The amended methodology and rebalancing will be effective on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
According to Mr. Abimbola Abdulazeez Babalola, Chairman, Index Governance Committee, NSE “The review of the Index was made imperative by the need to ensure that it continues to represent the appropriate benchmark for evaluating the Pension Fund Assets equity portfolios and remain suitable for all market stakeholders. The review further takes into consideration the changes in guidelines as specified in the Pension Reform Act 2014 and Amended Regulation on Investment of Pension Fund Assets as advised by the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) as well as market requirements in the amendments”.
Below is the summary of the amended NSE Pension Index Methodology and Eligibility Criteria.
S/No
Criteria
NSE Pension Index
Amendment Remarks
1
Count (No. of Securities)
The top 40 companies that fulfilled all the requirements in the latest 6 months' period.
No Amendment
2
Eligibility Universe
The Stocks are picked for further tests based on their market capitalization from the most liquid sectors. Minimum of 6 months holding period.
No Amendment
3
Investability weighting
Companies to be included must have a Free Float Factor of at least 5%.
Free Float consideration to be aligned with Exchange's free float rules and definition.
4
Liquidity Test
70% 6-Month Frequency of Trading and Turnover velocity.
Equities to pass two parameter Liquidity Test instead of one: (1) the number of times the stock traded during the half-year (2) it's turnover velocity.
5
Profitability Criteria
Companies to be included must have an operating track record of having made taxable profits for
at least three out of the five years
preceding the investment and must have paid dividends or issued bonuses
at least one out of the five years
.
Dividend payment or bonus issue is now at
least
one
and no longer two out of the five years
6
Returns Calculation
Total Return Method (to capture returns from dividends, price changes and realized gain
No Amendment
7
Security Cap
No individual listed equity can have a weighting of more than 10%
The maximum weighting of individual listed equity has been reviewed from 4.5% to 10%
8
Sector Cap
No sector can have a weighting of more than 45%
No Amendment
9
Sector Base
No sector can have a weighing less than 2%
No Amendment
Governance
10
Maintenance
The Index Governance Committee of NSE will monitor and implement the required adjustments for company additions and deletions, share changes, stock splits, stock dividends, corporate restructurings, spin-offs, or other corporate actions.
No Amendment
11
Rebalancing
The index is rebalanced semi-annually in June and December
No Amendment
12
Reviews
The index is reviewed annually on the first business day in January whereby constituents are reconstituted (added or deleted) based on their fulfillment of The Index eligibility criteria and methodology
No Amendment
The Nigerian Stock Exchange in order to deepen the market introduced the Pension Index and exposed to the investing public in 2015.
The creation of the NSE Pension Index has provided benchmarks tracking mechanisms for Pension Fund Administrators and other Users that follow the PENCOM guidelines.
The NSE pension tracks the top 40 companies in terms of market capitalization and liquidity. It is a total return index and is weighted by adjusted market capitalization, a capping factor, and a free-float factor.