Exploring the frontier: Why elevated risk offers enticing opportunities
Global markets are navigating a challenging mix of persistent conflict, energy insecurity and volatile inflation, stoking fear among investors. In frontier and smaller emerging markets, that fear weighs heavily on asset prices, often sending them well below what the underlying business fundamentals suggest.
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How much is enough to contribute to retirement?
Starting early, investing appropriately and remaining invested are key to achieving a comfortable retirement. But contribution levels are also critical. Kyle...
The in-between years: investing for retirement as careers and lives grow
As careers progress and lives take shape, investing for retirement can feel easy to defer. This in‑between phase – typically your 30s and 40s, when you are n...
Two laws, one obligation: Safeguarding retirement fund contributions
Paying over retirement fund contributions is a core obligation for any employer who offers a retirement fund arrangement. Recent regulatory changes mean that...
Taxation of retirement lump sums and living annuity income for non-residents
Investors who emigrate are often surprised by the complexity involved in accessing their existing retirement investments after they have ceased to be South...
The shifting role of retirement fund advisers in South Africa
South Africa’s retirement industry is evolving rapidly, driven by legislative reform, shifting member expectations and increasing regulatory scrutiny. Chris...
The cost of chasing perfection when investing – with Dr Thomas Curran
What if perfectionism is costing us more than we realise? Not just in career progression, mental health and life, but in investment decision-making too. In t...
The role of group risk in employee benefits
Drawing from a panel discussion at our annual Through the noise retirement benefits conference in September, Ielyaas Gamiet, manager in the Group Savings and...