Retirement / General

The importance of having a retirement savings

As we look back, Savings month encouraged consumers to look at ways to save as we continue to face the challenges and uncertainty that 2020 brings.

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

Online property listing portals saw a decline in activity at the start of the lockdown, but it has been increasing steadily, almost back to pre-lockdown levels. Without denying the reality of the current global recession, markets do recover over time and as property prices have come down, it definitely is a buyer’s market.

Taxman Gives 7 Months’ Notice – Thereafter Retirement Funds Captured for 3 Years

Interest rate change and emergency regulations – what they mean for your annuity income

On 23 July 2020, the South African Reserve Bank announced another 25 basis point cut in the repo rate, bringing it to 3.5%, the lowest it has been in decades. While this does provide relief to consumers in the form of lower interest on debt, there may also be concern in some quarters about the effect of the rate cut on pension income from annuities.