Retirement fund fees: Is cheaper really better?
The developing FSCA value-for-money approach puts costs alongside investment performance, service quality, governance, and member outcomes.
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Are trustees looking at the real cost of retirement-fund fees?
Initial cost comparisons can obscure how fees linked to assets, salaries, or membership grow over time, potentially producing sharply different outcomes.
Discovery updates RA range with new products and revised structures
The products feature tiered fees, contribution boosts, and integration benefits, subject to defined terms and conditions.
Two-pot’s billion-rand bill: future fund members could carry the cost
The FSCA finds wildly inconsistent withdrawal charges under the two-pot retirement system, with some members paying up to R750 per transaction.
FSCA wants to know how much two-pot withdrawals are costing members
The Authority is seeking information on how much it costs retirement funds and administrators to adapt their systems for the new two-pot structure.
