13th Oct 2025
By GarydeKock
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Annual Disclosure of Investment Portfolio Fees and Charges
Dear Member In terms of Regulation 37(2)(d) of the Pension Funds Act, 1956, the Board must ensure that all fees and charges are appropriately disclosed to members.
This notice sets out ...
30th May 2025
On 295 May 2025, the South African Reserve Bank announced their decision to decrease the repo rate from 7.50%, to 7.25%.
This means that, based on the current repo rate, the interest rate on housing loans issued by ...
15th Apr 2025
By Laylas
Nobody Knows Anything
On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump announced new tariffs, causing stock markets around the world to drop. The American stock market has fallen more than 20% since February, which is considered a crash.
Investors knew ...
29th Oct 2024
By garydekock
Dear Member
In terms of Paragraph (2)(d) of Regulation 37 of the Pension Funds Act, 1956, it is a requirement that (in relation to the CMPF) default investment portfolios, i.e., the “life stage” model) “all fees and ...
6th Dec 2023
In this newsletter, we inform you about the latest developments regarding the proposed “Two-Pot” retirement system.
As you know, toward the end of October 2023, National Treasury proposed delaying the implementation date to 01 March 2025. However, ...
26th May 2023
Housing Loan interest rate announcement
On 25 May 2023, the South African Reserve Bank announced their decision to increase the repo rate to 8.25%, up from 7.75%.
This means that, based on the current repo rate, the interest rate ...
2nd Feb 2023
On 26 January 2023, the South African Reserve Bank announced their decision to increase the repo rate to 7.25%, up from 7%.
25th Nov 2022
On 24 November 2022, the South African Reserve Bank announced their decision to increase the repo rate to 7%, up from 6.25%.
1st Feb 2022
On 27 January 2022, the South African Reserve Bank announced their decision to increase the repo rate to 4%, up from 3.75%.
19th May 2021
By octouser
Protecting your future through sound investment choices.