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Should Eskom be powered with pensions?

25 February 2020

With the budget speech looming tomorrow, deepening state of financial disarray at the state power utility Eskom is a thorn in the flesh of the national economy that minister of finance, Tito Mboweni will have to address. The much-publicised and forever increasing problems at the embattled parastatal are expected to take center stage at the upcoming national budget speech, due to their stunting effects on the economy – among other things like the discomfort they impose of South Africans.

Are South Africans choosing the safer bet

05 February 2020

I have attended dozens of retirement funding presentations over the years. The focus is usually on saving enough capital to ‘buy’ a sustainable income in your golden years using the time-tested formula of contributing 15% (or more) of your gross annual salary to a pension fund or retirement annuity from the time you start working (aiming for at least 40 years of contributions) and always preserving your capital when changing jobs. But what happens when you reach your retirement age?

Feeling the way through FICA

15 January 2020

The term “accountable institution” is defined as a person or organisation referred to in Schedule 1 of FICA (Financial Intelligence Centre Act) that carries out business of any entity listed.

Taking TCF to a new level

13 November 2019

The dynamics within the insurance industry has changed. Insurers are contemplating new ways of doing business and how to integrate technology within this ecosystem. Further, clients are looking at insurance and asking questions about value when weighing up what they are paying for with the products that they are working with.

quick poll

Question

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

Answer

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

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Patience is needed in the great cost debate

08 October 2019

Adaptability is your superpower

12 September 2019

Will this be the solution?

28 August 2019

The situation is worse than expected

31 July 2019

Take a leap of faith and appreciate your value

25 July 2019

Is financial resilience the same as fair value?

03 July 2019

Taking insurance to the poor

24 June 2019

Profiling the intermediary of the future

22 May 2019

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