Industry Updates
New gauge for investment fees
Investors spend too much time looking at historic returns and not nearly enough looking at fees. Read more as published in Wealth Watch on 21 October 2016
Members becoming distanced from their retirement funds
The more than R2?trillion invested in South Africa’s retirement funds should mean that members have significant bargaining power. But members are disconnected from their funds, and their interests are not always...
SA’s plague of debt spirals
Too few consumers are saving for their retirement and are increasingly turning to family and friends for loans as they battle to make ends meet. These were among the alarming research findings presented at the...
Pension fund auto-enrolment: how will it affect us in South Africa?
In his 2016 budget speech, the Minister of Finance said that despite the postponement of annuitisation for provident funds, government remains committed to its retirement reform objectives as announced in the 2014...
The critical role of a consultant in umbrella funds
Sanlam Employee Benefit’s head of special projects David Gluckman penned the following in response to a recent article published as part of a Sygnia marketing campaign. Read more as published in Money Web on 4...
Retirement planning: 5 Questions to ask (and the answers)
When it comes to saving for your financial future, it really is a case of the sooner you start, the more room you give yourself to achieve your retirement goals, and the less pressure you will feel as you get older...