by Riana | Aug 21, 2024 | Uncategorised
By Rob Rose “We’re two weeks away from the biggest change in our pension system, so there are not a lot of people in the industry who’re sleeping soundly at the moment,” Michelle Acton, retirement reform executive at Old Mutual, tells Today’s Trustee. From September,...
by Riana | Jul 22, 2024 | June - August 2024
By Rob Rose There are so many balls in the air that it’s hard to know quite what to make of the two-pot retirement regime set to launch in September. The new system divides pension savings into three parts: a retirement component, accessible only on retirement; a...
by dev_admin | Jul 25, 2023 | July 2023
Liquidity and tax are growing concerns for retirement fund managers as access by members to the new savings pot looms ever nearer. By Jaco Visser There seems no getting away from it: the two-pot system will open the door to a flood of withdrawal claims as the savings...
by dev_admin | Apr 18, 2023 | April 2023 Edition
There are a number of thorny issues that need to be resolved before the two-pot retirement system’s proposed implementation date of March 1, 2024. By Laura du Preez Justice minister Ronald Lamola had lawyers, trustees and representatives from retirement fund...
by dev_admin | Oct 11, 2022 | September 2022 Edition
SA’s retirement environment is in flux, but for reasons other than those in the UK, says Rob Rose. Our increasingly precarious economy and the fact that so few people have enough retirement savings to begin with need addressing. The fright among pension funds is...
