Momentum tops R7bn target as new-business value lags sales growth
Metropolitan improved adviser productivity and returned to positive new-business value, while Momentum Investments’ shift towards living annuities weighed on its margin.
annuities
Old Mutual’s new-business growth masks mixed trends
Large corporate risk sales boosted the headline figures, while Wealth Management recorded higher living annuity and endowment sales and guaranteed annuity sales declined.
Momentum posts record earnings, but VNB under pressure from annuity mix
Despite a 20% drop in the value of new business, Momentum’s annuity earnings remain strong and underlying profitability resilient, lifting normalised headline earnings 41%.
Navigating double taxation agreements in retirement planning
DTAs shape the taxation of lump sums and annuities. This is what financial advisers can do to preserve clients’ retirement benefits.
Flexible income now, guaranteed income later: Discovery’s answer to longevity risk
Discovery Invest’s new retirement offering combines a living annuity’s market exposure and income flexibility with a lifetime guarantee that kicks in from age 80.
Two pots will add complexity to the tax treatment of retirement benefit withdrawals
Withdrawals from the savings and retirement pots will be taxed in different ways.
Retirement funds and salaries are not a refuge from the taxman
Lump sums, monthly annuities and salaries are not off-limits to the long arm of the taxman. Taxpayers who have failed to pay their tax debts in full to the South African Revenue Service […]
Higher tax deductions for pensioners who receive income from more than one source
Many pensioners who received their retirement income from more than one source had lower tax deductions, based on the tables applicable to the individual incomes. This often resulted in tax shortfalls at the […]
FSCA appoints statutory manager for N-e-FG Administrators
The FSCA has appointed a statutory manager for N-e-FG Administrators (Pty) Ltd, saying it is concerned about N-e-FG’s failure to manage the funds it administers responsibly. It is also investigating N-e-FG’s conduct relating […]
How taxing annuities at the fixed PAYE rate will affect pensioners
The latest move by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to require the withholding of PAYE from annuity payments at an “effective tax rate” as required in directives issued to payers of annuities […]
Retirement fund members can buy a mix of annuities
The Taxation Laws Amendment Act (TLAA) of 2021, which, among things, gives retirement fund members greater flexibility in terms of the type of annuities they can purchase, was promulgated on 19 January. The […]
Big jump in risk policy purchases while lapses fall
More South Africans are realising the value of life cover, with purchases of risk policies up significantly in the first six months of this year, while there has been a marked reduction in […]
Big jump in risk policy purchases while lapses fall
More South Africans are realising the value of life cover, with purchases of risk policies up significantly in the first six months of this year, while there has been a marked reduction in […]
The importance of a robust retirement plan
Now is a good time for retirees to secure a guaranteed income for life. According to retirement income specialist Just, if your retirement savings were invested in balanced funds through the market turmoil […]
Living Annuities and divorce – Supreme Court of Appeal overturns High Court ruling
In 2016 the Johannesburg High Court ruled that a living annuity does not form part of a spouse’s estate for purposes of calculating the accrual claim. This ruling has now been overturned by […]
Temporary relief for pensioners with living annuities – Pros and cons to consider
“…we have expanded access to living annuity funds by allowing (the) individual to adjust the proportion they receive as an annuity income, instead of waiting up to one year until their next contract […]
Provident Fund Annuitisation Legislation
National Treasury has confirmed that the 2016 Revenue Laws Amendment Act, promulgated on 20 May 2016, qualifies provident fund members for a tax deduction on their own contributions ‘without being required to annuitise […]
