Nairobi, Aug. 18 -- Pension schemes have increased their bets on quoted equities, moving billions of shillings from government securities to the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) amid rising share prices and falling bond yields.

Fresh data by the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) shows the pension schemes' holdings of quoted equities rose by Sh130.51 billion to Sh443.35 billion in the six months to June 2026, representing a 41.72 percent increase from Sh312.84 billion in December last year.

The increase lifted equities' share of total pension assets to a five-year high of 14.37 percent from 11.13 percent at the end of last year.

The allocation was last higher in December 2021, when equities accounted for 16.45 percent of pension asse...