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Illustration: Colin Daniel

You and your pension fund: what the law says
February 19 2012 at 12:20

The Pension Funds Adjudicator recently issued determinations dealing with three long-standing but important principles related to retirement fund benefits.

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Illustration: Colin Daniel

Don’t let law changes put you off retirement funds
February 12 2012 at 12:05

The revision of regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act is no reason not to use a tax-incentivised savings vehicle to put aside money for your retirement.

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Illustration: Colin Daniel

Splitting a pension on divorce
January 23 2012 at 17:53

With the introduction of the clean-break principle into the Pension Funds Act, you may assume that it has become relatively easy for retirement savings to be divided on divorce, but a number of factors can give rise to com... Read Story
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FSB blitz on pension fund administrators
December 4 2011 at 12:10

Financial services companies big and small have been fined over the past three months by the Enforcement Committee of the Financial Services Board.

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Bid to block ombud’s rulings postponed
December 4 2011 at 12:05

An urgent High Court application to prevent Noluntu Bam, the financial services ombud, from issuing determinations on complaints against a financial adviser has been postponed until next year.

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Transnet signals contempt of its former workers
December 4 2011 at 12:00

Transnet pensioners have been getting annual pension increases of only two percent a year for over a decade, effectively impoverishing them.

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Court action could stop ombud from getting back your money
November 27 2011 at 12:20

An urgent court application by a financial adviser threatens to undermine the very reason for the existence of the financial advice ombud: to provide you with a cheap and quick way to obtain redress if you suffer loss beca... Read Story
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Would these executives like it if their parents were treated this way?
November 27 2011 at 12:00

Johan van Zyl, the chief executive of Sanlam, should take Ian Kirk, the chief executive of Sanlam subsidiary Santam by the ears, and Kirk in turn should take Basil Palmer, the chief executive of Stalker, Hutchison and Admi... Read Story
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Businessman lashes out at regulators to deflect attention
November 20 2011 at 12:10

For the past six months, a campaign of vilification and disinformation has been orchestrated by businessman Simon Nash, who is standing trial on charges stemming from the stripping of surpluses from pension funds.

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Taking the guesswork out of how costs can affect retirement savings
November 6 2011 at 12:15

It is essential that employers and trustees have accurate data about costs when deciding on the type of fund in which to put your retirement savings.

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