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PFA says funds must not use POPIA to hide shoddy investigation

06 May 2025

A pension fund is obliged to provide the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) with requested information without obtaining consent from the beneficiaries.

Legacy policies cannot withdraw under Two-Component Retirement System

30 April 2025

Members of pension funds are advised to understand that a legacy policy - any policy in respect of a retirement annuity plan entered into before 1 September 2024 - is exempted from the two-component benefit system.

A death benefit nomination form is only a guide, rules PFA

14 April 2025

A death benefit nomination form is a guideline for a provident fund when distributing benefits, as the fund has the discretion to allocate the benefit as it deems equitable, even if it deviates from the nomination, says Pension Funds Adjudicator, Muvhango Lukhaimane.

Security company fails in bid to have PFA determinations set aside

25 March 2025

In a victory for long suffering members of the Private Security Sector Provident Fund, the Gauteng High Court dismissed four applications by a security company for the determinations issued by the Pension Funds Adjudicator against it to be set aside.

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