South Africans all over the world are feeling the financial pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most people have had their hours reduced, their pay cut and many are facing…
Saving for your retirement is one of the most important things you can do for yourself during the course of your working life. In South Africa, a retirement annuity with…
You’ve been paying diligently into your South African retirement annuity fund your whole life, and now you’re ready to take it to the next level. You’re ready to retire. What…
Planning, saving and investing for your retirement is one of the most important things you can do during your working life. One of the most sensible ways that people prepare…
Retirement annuities (RAs) are designed with long-term saving in mind. Legislation surrounding the governance of RAs is extremely strict, and access to the funds in your retirement annuity is tightly…
Chances are that you’ve just been plugging away at your retirement annuity savings without much thought since you signed up for that retirement policy with Old Mutual when you first…
The good news is that you are entitled to cash in your retirement annuity if you have emigrated from South Africa. You may have left South Africa a couple of…
One of the smartest, most tax efficient ways to save for your golden years is by means of retirement annuities and other long term, goal-focused investments. Aside from checking on…
Retirement annuities are financial products offered by insurance providers in order to make it easier for South Africans to save in a tax efficient manner for their golden years. But…
Even though the rules around accessing your retirement annuity are fixed, South African expats can legally access and transfer the proceeds of their South African retirement annuity abroad. Here’s what…