OREANDA-NEWS. National Rating Agency has affirmed its ‘AAA’ reliability rating on BLAGOSOSTOYANIE Non-State Pension Fund (NSPF). The Fund was assigned NRA’s first-time reliability rating of ‘AAA’ in 2012. The rating was affirmed each consecutive year.

Factors supporting the Fund’s highest attainable rating include its leading position among Russian private pension managers, strong strategic partners and key clients and its long track record of successful operations in the pension market. The rating also recognizes BLAGOSOSTOYANIE’s strong operating standards, well-balanced investment policy and improving key performance indicators. These factors, along with the Fund’s strong corporate governance practices and its experienced and highly skilled management team make NRA believe that the Fund will achieve its strategic targets and consolidate its position of the pension market leader. ,

BLAGOSOSTOYANIE NPF was established in 1996. Its shareholders and founders include Russian Railroads OJSC and the Russian Trade Union of Railway Employees And Railway Construction Workers.

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