by Nic | Feb 21, 2025 | News
The finance minister’s blocked VAT hike would have left SARB Governor Kganyago in a bind, complicating his efforts to control inflation By Vernon Wessels Either way, finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech last week would have been a historic moment in South...
by Nic | Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorised, News
The government may now allow access to the savings pot in another major overhaul of South Africa’s retirement system. Amid surging savings withdrawals, critics warn it could jeopardise retirement security. By Rob Rose Hidden away on page 166 of the budget review, deep...
by Riana | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorised, News
By Rob Rose The buck stops with pension fund trustees when pension contributions vanish. That was the stern warning from Pension Fund Adjudicator Muvhango Lukhaimane at the Institute of Retirement Funds Africa conference in Cape Town earlier this month, in which she...
by Riana | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorised, News
By Vernon Wessels The two-pot system has now been in operation for more than a month – but the hard work has only just begun. While much of the focus has been on the administration and withdrawal processes, the next challenge for trustees is to decide on the...
by Riana | Oct 19, 2024 | Sponsored Content, News
Investors worldwide are grappling with high investment fees. For example, 34% of global investors surveyed in a recent bfinance Investors’ Costs and Fees poll say their fund servicing costs have increased in the past three years. Yusuf Wadee, head of Exchange-Traded...
by Riana | Aug 21, 2024 | News, Uncategorised
By Vernon Wessels South Africa’s R7.8-trillion investment and pension industry must contribute more to the country’s development – and drop the idea that they’ll forego higher returns – or face the risk of being compelled to do so. The African National Congress (ANC)...
