Regulatory Compliance Vault

Nigerian financial sector compliance directory — Acts, Regulations, Guidelines and Circulars from PenCom, CBN, NAICOM, SEC and NDPC.

PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines on Direct Real Estate Investments by CPFAs and Approved Existing Schemes

Standardises procedures for Closed Pension Fund Administrators and Approved Existing Scheme administrators operating Defined Benefit schemes with direct real estate investments.

Applies To
CPFAs; PFAs administering Approved Exist…
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for Transitional Contributions Fund

Addresses employers who, despite opening RSAs for employees, retain unremitted pension contributions from the transitional period.

Applies To
Employers with unremitted transitional c…
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for the Operations of Pension Transitional Arrangement Departments

Operational guidance for Pension Transitional Arrangement Departments (PTAD) established under Sections 30-31 of the PRA 2004 to manage defined benefit pensioners who did not trans…

Applies To
PTAD; public service pension boards/offi…
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for the Appointment of Pension Fund Custodians for State Government and Retiree Funds

Governs appointment of Pension Fund Custodians by PFAs for State Government schemes, issued as more states enacted the Contributory Pension Scheme into law.

Applies To
State governments; PFAs; PFCs
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for Risk Management Framework for Licensed Pension Operators

Sets risk management standards for pension operators under Section 66 of the PRA 2004, including establishment of Risk Management Committees.

Applies To
PFAs; PFCs
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for Employer Code Request (Revised)

Sets the process for employers to obtain Employer Codes enabling PFAs to open RSAs and secure PINs for employees under Section 45(a) of the PRA 2004.

Applies To
Employers (federal, state, private secto…
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for the Appointment of Pension Fund Administrators and Custodians for Existing Pension Schemes

Basis for appointment of PFAs by companies with Approved Existing Schemes, and limits on assets of such schemes held in PFC custody.

Applies To
Employers with Approved Existing Schemes…
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for the Publication of Rates of Return on RSA Funds by Pension Fund Administrators

Regulates the publication of annual rates of return on RSA Funds by PFAs, setting disclosure standards and good corporate governance practice.

Applies To
PFAs
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for the Operations of Pension Fund Custodians

Basic operating procedures for Pension Fund Custodian services under the Pension Reform Act 2004.

Applies To
PFCs
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for the Operations of Pension Fund Administrators

Basic operating procedures for Pension Fund Administrators under the Pension Reform Act 2004.

Applies To
PFAs
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for the Administration of State Funds Deducted at Source under the Contributory Pension Scheme

Allows states that have fully implemented the CPS to access pension funds deducted at source for infrastructural development, per the Regulation on Investment of Pension Fund Asset…

Applies To
State governments
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Guideline 06 Apr 2017
Guidelines for Operation and Supervision of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Department

Supervisory framework for PTAD and the FCT PTAD, established under Sections 30-31 of the PRA 2004 for defined-benefit pensioners not transitioning to the CPS.

Applies To
PTAD
Effective
06 Apr 2017
Compliance Deadline

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