{"id":276932,"date":"2025-11-11T05:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/276932\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T05:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:05:19","slug":"fnpf-urged-to-modernize-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/276932\/","title":{"rendered":"FNPF urged to modernize \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnpf-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Fiji National Provident Fund is under pressure to boost returns and improve member communication, Standing Committee on Social Affairs Chair Iliesa Vanawalu said while speaking in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the FNPF now holds $10.6 billion in assets, securing retirement savings for over 423,000 members with $8.1 billion belonging directly to contributors.<\/p>\n<p>Vanawalu noted stagnant returns from government bonds and urged the Fund to explore offshore investments to diversify and enhance returns for members.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He called for a review of the FNPF Act to modernize operations and enable seasonal workers in Australia and New Zealand to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>Vanawalu stressed that the Fund must also strengthen communication to keep members informed about major investments and associated risks.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fiji National Provident Fund is under pressure to boost returns and improve member communication, Standing Committee on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-276932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}