E-Learning on Investment of Social Security Funds

What will I learn?

This course uses the recently updated ISSA Guidelines on Investment of Social Security Funds as a framework for assessing challenges and identifying innovations.

• Investment structures, principles and beliefs: principles of investing social security reserve funds, challenges, constraints and objectives
• Investment strategy: factors and constraints to consider; investment strategy process, constraints, definition and analyses of risk budget
• Investment processes: carrying out investment in practice; steps to develop an appropriate investment strategy; consideration of internal versus external management, passive versus active strategy
• Monitoring investment management: ensuring investment continues to meet objectives; evaluating performance; appropriate benchmarks; monitoring external investment managers
• Investment governance and investment performance: understanding the link, the various investment governance resources and tools available to investing institutions

What will I be able to do?

• Understand core approaches to improve investment of reserve funds based on international best practice
• Identify roles and responsibilities in investment governance and management
• Utilise the ISSA Guidelines as a framework for planning and implementing effective investment processes
• Develop country-tailored innovations drawing on experience from other countries

Why should I join?

This new e-learning course is designed specifically for social security professionals from ISSA member organizations.

• ISSA-accredited experts with decades of international experience in social security administration
• Join and interact online with a global network of professionals from other ISSA member organisations to share learning and best practices
• This new e-learning course consists of a blend of online resources on good practices and case studies, 'real time' interactive sessions led by highly experienced trainers, individual and collaborative group exercises using our eCampus platform
• Successful candidates receive an ITCILO Certificate of Achievement