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How to help your ageing parents prepare for retirement

25 August 2020

Few of us have had “the talk” - that discussion we should all have with our parents about where they want to live when they get older. And what arrangements to be made - moving to a retirement village with healthcare and frailcare facilities or a nursing home - should they become frail or incapacitated.

The long and short of longevity: a woman’s perspective

20 August 2020

Longevity is an accelerating macro trend. World Economic Forum (WEF) research shows that we now live a decade longer than our parents’ generation and two decades longer than our grandparents.

Threat to expropriate pensions compels corporate SA to pick a side: the government or the people

20 August 2020

Corporate South Africa has been ominously silent on the government’s openly stated intention to expropriate pensions and savings through asset prescription – but the time has come for it stand with ordinary South Africans against a policy that is at once fundamentally unnecessary and dangerous.

Retirement planning in the time of Covid-19: New retirement tools helping South Africans navigate a smoother retirement

19 August 2020

South Africans close to or at retirement are extremely vulnerable to financial shocks or setbacks. However, they also seem to be amongst the least supported when it comes to financial advice or assistance.

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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New tax bills – a step closer to retirement reform in SA and immediate 3-year lockup

17 August 2020

Reassurance and peace of mind for those nearing, or already in retirement

14 August 2020

New tax bills impose stricter rules to take retirement funds abroad

11 August 2020

When I’m Sixty-Four

06 August 2020

The importance of having a retirement savings

05 August 2020

The property market isn’t dead – and here’s how your retirement fund can help you get in