Retirement vs living annuities – what’s the deal and what’s the difference? While both are intended to fund your post-working years, they become relevant at different times of your life….
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Chances are when you first started saving for your retirement, you did so thinking you would be retiring in South Africa. Life is what happens when we’re busy making other…
There has been much confusion in the expat community since the concept of formal emigration through the South African Reserve Bank was phased out, effective 01 March 2021. These changes…
Since formal emigration has been phased out, the question we hear most often from people is: what happens to my South African retirement annuity when I emigrate? For those South Africans who…
If you have a retirement annuity or pension fund, you’re going to need to know about living annuities at some point in the future. This is because when you retire,…
Not all change is bad, however, as these legislative amendments were intended to simplify processes that had become unnecessarily complicated. Here’s what you need to know about early retirement annuity…
The South African Reserve Bank recently confirmed that they are investigating the possibility of launching a “digital rand” and that this research should be complete sometime next year. A rising…
You’re never too old for a fresh start, and what better time to start a new life chapter than in your golden years? As you plan to start your retirement,…
If you’re a South African expat living abroad with retirement funds back home, pay close attention. Changes that were made to tax laws last year effectively seek to prevent South…
South Africans currently living abroad have until 28 February 2021 to use formal emigration as an immediate means by which to access their retirement annuities early. Thereafter expats will have…