National Treasury proposes more changes to the two-pot retirement system
Delaying the implementation date and raising the seeding cap are among the announcements and clarifications.
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Pensioner claims cryptocurrency trader could have stopped fraud
A High Court hears details of an elaborate fraud in which scammers cleaned out a bank account and bought cryptocurrency from a part-time trader.
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Two pots: MPs agree with Cosatu that R25 000 cap on seeding is too low
Retirement industry bodies plead for a later implementation date, but Cosatu says 1 March next year is a ‘red line’.
GEPF and other public sector funds ‘will be part of the two-pot system’
How accessibility and seeding will impact members of defined-benefit retirement funds.
Two pots: fund members must understand the implications of withdrawals
Money in the savings pot should be withdrawn only as a last resort, for absolute financial emergencies.
Treasury agrees to three of Cosatu’s responses to the proposed two-pot system
National Treasury has “loosened the lids” on the pots in the two-pot retirement system, agreeing to amend the draft legislation so that fund members will be able to access the savings they accumulated […]
Other concessions by Treasury on potentially ambiguous two-pot provisions
National Treasury has proposed amending the draft two-pot retirement legislation to clear up a number of grey areas identified by stakeholders. The proposed changes were announced on Tuesday, when Treasury addressed the National […]
Two-pot retirement legislation must provide for immediate relief, says Cosatu
Cosatu has called for fund members to be allowed to access their accumulated savings when the two-pot retirement system takes effect, to prevent them from resigning and cashing out their savings. This was […]
A deeper look at the two-pot retirement system
Blessing Utete, the managing executive of Old Mutual Corporate Consultants, spoke to Mark Bechard, the managing editor of Moonstone publications, about National Treasury’s draft legislation for the two-pot retirement system. Read: Treasury publishes […]
