PRESS RELEASES

Net investment income accrued to individual and notional pension savings accounts of UAPF contributors, as of April 1 since the beginning of this year, amounted to about KZT569.5 bln, which is more than KZT233.1 bln or 69.3% of the same period last year.

In the period from January 01, 2024 until March 31, 2024, the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund provided over 18.7 million services to the population. Of the transactions carried out, more than 6.1 million were carried out in electronic format, 12.1 million in automatic format, and more than 180 thousand in remote format. More than 296 thousand services were provided in person, including more than 279 thousand directly in the offices of the Fund.

UAPF JSC (hereinafter referred to as UAPF) presents a report on the management of pension assets by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as NBRK) and investment portfolio managers (hereinafter referred to as IPM) on the website enpf.kz in the section “Indicators - Investment activities”.

The UAPF reminds that persons who have pension savings in the UAPF, formed through compulsory pension contributions and (or) compulsory occupational pension contributions, and who have reached the generally established retirement age, as well as persons with disabilities of the first and second groups, if the disability is established indefinitely, have the right to receive pension benefits from the UAPF according to the established schedule.

As of April 1, 2024, pension savings in the amount of KZT18.9 trln were formed on individual and conditional accounts of contributors (beneficiaries) of UAPF JSC. Since the beginning of this year, their increase as of April 1, 2024 amounted to about KZT1.02 trln (5.7%). Compared to the same date last year, the volume of pension savings increased by almost KZT3.5 trln or 22.6%.

Receiving information about the state of one’s pension savings as of any requested date from the date of opening an individual pension savings account (IPSA) in the UAPF is a legislatively enshrined right of the contributor of compulsory pension contributions, an individual for whom compulsory occupational pension contributions, voluntary pension contributions, or the recipient of pension benefits are transferred (hereinafter referred to as contributors (beneficiaries)).

The regular 26th meeting of the Public Council under the UAPF took place. Members of the Council unanimously voted to accept Yelena Bakhmutova, Chairman of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan, into the PC. Previously, this organization was represented in the Council by Yerlan Burabayev, who since March 28, 2024 became the Chairman of the Board of the Insurance Payment Guarantee Fund. At the same time, Mr. Burabayev remained chairman of the Public Council under the UAPF. Also, by the decision of the Council, the applications of Nikolai Drozd and Adil Mamazhanov to resign from the composition were satisfied.

Within the framework of the funded pension system in Kazakhstan, the following types of contributions are made: compulsory (10% of the employee’s salary, deducted monthly by the employer), compulsory occupational pension contributions (5% of the income of workers in harmful and dangerous professions, which are paid from the employer’s budget), as well as employer’s compulsory pension contributions (ECPC) from 2024 for all employees born in 1975 and later (from 1.5% in 2024, gradually increasing to 5% in 2028). There are also voluntary pension contributions (VPC), which can be made by both individuals and legal entities. Individuals contribute funds for themselves and (or) for their loved ones at the expense of their income, and legal entities - for the benefit of their employees and (or) third parties. It is worth noting that citizens pay VPC on their own initiative, independently setting their size and frequency. This is one of the advantages of this type of contribution.

UAPF JSC (hereinafter referred to as UAPF) presents a report on the management of pension assets by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as NBRK) and investment portfolio managers (hereinafter referred to as IPM) on the website enpf.kz in the section “Indicators - Investment activities”.

Key indicators of the UAPF as of March 1, 2024. 

As of March 1, 2024, pension savings in the amount of KZT18.5 trln were formed on individual and conditional accounts of contributors (beneficiaries) of the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund. Since the beginning of the year, their increase as of March 1, 2024 amounted to over KZT641 bln (3.6%). Compared to the same date last year, the volume of pension savings increased by almost KZT3.4 trln or 22.3%.

In the period from January 01, 2024 until February 29, 2024, the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund provided over 15.9 million services to the population. This is 3.5 times more than in the same period last year. Of the transactions carried out in electronic format - more than 4.2 million, in automatic format - 11.4 million, in remote format - 0.1 million. More than 214 thousand services were provided in person, including 201 thousand directly in the offices of the Fund.