13 | Wealth & Finance Q4 2025 Best Pension Fund Custodian 2025 – Nigeria A wholly-owned subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, First Pension Custodian Nigeria Limited was founded in 2005 to be the pension custodian of choice for people across the country. 20 years later, the company remains dedicated to this aim and thus continues to provide the best pension custodian services in Nigeria, as well as optimal protection of contributors’ assets. With First Pension Custodian being recognised in this programme, we profile it below. An integral part of the FirstBank Group (also known as First Bank of Nigeria Limited) – with subsidiaries in Nigeria and internationally – First Pension Custodian embodies the values and vision of the Group, as well as the brand promise to deliver the gold standard of value and excellence in West Africa’s financial services landscape. The company’s service is based around the four pillars of entrepreneurship, professionalism, innovation, and customer-centricity (EPIC) – an apt acronym for describing its delivery. First Pension Custodian’s excellence can be seen across the fullservice approach it takes to being a pension custodian, with offerings including pension contributions collection, trade settlements, corporate actions, safekeeping pension assets, pension/benefit payments, performance measurement/compliance management, cash management, portfolio valuations, and micro-pensions all provided by the company’s team of experts. Pension Fund Administrators and annuity clients alike benefit from these services, with just a few examples of the big names the company works with including Access ARM, PPL, and Shell CPFA. Each of these clients, as well as the more than 20 others rounding out its portfolio, benefit from the collaborative approach at the heart of First Pension Custodian, leading to demonstrable results. Bolstering this is the diligence demonstrated by the team here at every turn, which ensures that the unique needs of their clients always come first. Unsurprisingly, this forms an integral part of what First Pension Custodian calls its ‘strategic priorities’, which span its three-fold focus of more than meeting the needs of clients, leveraging the strengths of both its team and the Group, and also creating long-term value for its stakeholders. These aims fuel this high-performing company, which seeks to reward its people not just for what they do, but for how exactly they do it. The high standards adopted by First Pension Custodian also extend to corporate governance, something the team here recognise is crucial to the long-term survival of any financial institution. Upholding this is something that starts at the top with the board and management teams alike, with their shared commitment to transparency, integrity, honesty, and accountability ensuring that the assets of contributors are rigorously protected. To ensure this remains the case, policies and processes are updated near continuously. As an extension of this, First Pension Custodian is a fully licensed pension fund custodian, meaning that it works in full compliance with all of the principles laid out in the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance and by Nigeria’s National Pension Commission (PenCom). This even extends to whistleblowing, seen through the company’s detailed policies on the matter. Any instances of unethical or unprofessional conduct are always taken very seriously, and the confidentiality of the whistleblower is always respected. This ethics-driven approach is something that has remained unchanged now at First Pension Custodian for two decades, and it is this which has helped fuel the growth journey it has been on. For example, the company now has two offices: its headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos, and a liaison office in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Its team and the board behind them have also faced exponential growth over the years, with both groups comprising knowledgeable and dedicated individuals with integrity and impeccable character. With these individuals to boot, the future is bright for First Pension Custodian, which is continuing to raise the bar for pension custodians across West Africa and beyond. Nigeria’s leading pension custodian, it is our pleasure to recognise the company as such with this award, officially crowning First Pension Custodian Nigeria Limited the Best Pension Fund Custodian 2025 – Nigeria in this programme. More on any of the services mentioned above can be found by contacting the team through a form available at the link below. Contact: OLORUNtimilehin George Company: First Pension Custodian Nigeria Limited Web Address: https://firstpensioncustodian.com/
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