by pension-admin | Oct 22, 2024 | Featured Articles, Retirement planning
The average age at death worldwide, often referred to as life expectancy at birth, has significantly increased over the last 100 years due to advancements in healthcare, sanitation, nutrition, and living conditions. Below is an approximate overview of global...
by pension-admin | Oct 22, 2024 | Featured Articles, Retirement planning
What you need to consider when investing for retirement Target Amount You aim to have accumulated an amount that will afford you the lifestyle you deserve at your desired retirement age. This gives you a goal to work toward and should be discussed and calculated with...
by pension-admin | Oct 10, 2024 | Debt management, Featured Articles
Debt can feel like a crushing weight, especially when it comes from multiple sources—mortgages, credit cards, student loans, and store cards. It’s easy to feel trapped in a cycle where minimum payments seem never-ending, and the overall debt keeps growing. But...
by pension-admin | Sep 7, 2024 | Debt management, Featured Articles
What is a credit score? We have all seen the ads with the two guys sitting on the couch watching TV and discussing credit scores. Your credit score is an indicator of how much of a risk any lender will have to take by lending you money or providing you with finance...
by pension-admin | Sep 1, 2024 | Featured Articles, Pension funds
Taking out a loan against your pension fund capital or retirement savings in other investment portfolios is possible but their are a lot of hoops to jump through with the fund administrators, even if the fund rules allow for a loan against the capital amount in your...
by pension-admin | Aug 29, 2024 | Featured Articles, Financial planners, High return Investments
Many people lost large portions of the retirement savings by investing in the Sharemax scheme which has highlighted the position you may find yourself in as you enter retirement age. The sharemax scheme may have been a monumental blunder by regulators and the NPA...
by pension-admin | Aug 27, 2024 | Featured Articles, Financial planners, Retirement planning
The 2 pot system has become extremely confusing for some people so a lengthy discission was had with financial planners and experts from Glacier by Sanlam, moderated by Balin Herman. This is by far the most comprehensive discussion with questions and answers from the...
by pension-admin | Aug 16, 2024 | Featured Articles, Health, Retirement planning
Photo by Vanessa Garcia There are many work opportunities available for retired people, whether you are a professional, an administrator, customer services, sales person, have a flair for the arts or simply good at something. The opportunities are literally...
by pension-admin | Aug 15, 2024 | Featured Articles, Financial planners
With the growing of the digital age, so too has the proliferation of financial scams. Stats show that the amount of data available online is doubling every two years! With info available at the touch of a button, ensuring your financial safety requires vigilance and...
by pension-admin | Aug 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Financial planners, Pension funds, Retirement planning, Wills and estate planning
In South Africa, the payment of retirement fund proceeds on premature death is governed by the Pension Funds Act of 1956. When a member of a retirement fund dies before reaching retirement age, the benefits are not automatically paid out according to the...