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The OPFA sets record straight
RETIREMENT- Why retirees come up short (9 oct 2014)
Beneficiary Funds-A unique South African phenomenon (9 Oct 2014)
No end to pension fund complaints in security industry (2 Oct 2014)
It pays to check the fees deducted from your RA (1 Oct 2014)
Pension promises must fit reality (7 Aug 2014)
TCF requires openness on fees (3 Aug 2014)
Firm must make up pension payments (3 Aug 2014)
Obliged to pay (1 Aug 2014)
Pension Funds under the spotlight (1 Aug 2014)
PFA dismisses complaints against fund with R166-million defict (1 Aug 2014)
Four Retirement Annuity (RA) traps to avoid (11 Jul 2014)
Adjudicator dismisses home loan complaint (29 Jun 2014)
Big penalties not in line with TCF (29 Jun 2014)
Municipal pension fund not off the hook (29 Jun 2014)
Big penalties on RAs are not in line with treating you fairly (28 Jun 2014)
The PFA paints a poor TCF picture of the retirement industry (25 Jun 2014)
PFA orders retirement fund to produce breakdown of management fees (23 Jun 2014)
Badly written divorce orders prevent access to pension assets (22 Jun 2014)
Retirement fund ordered to explain investment management fee (18 Jun 2014)
Concerns over the weaknesses in regulations in the retirement sector made known (18 Jun 2014)
PFA urges speeding up of treating customers fairly law (18 Jun 2014)
Portfolios in which the complainant was investigated given as reason for poor performance (18 Jun 2014)
PFA orders pension fund to pay former CEO withdrawal benefit (13 Jun 2014)
The complainant failed to prove he had suffered any loss (11 June 2014)
No legal basis to withhold withdrawal benefit (11 Jun 2014)
Onus is on the employee to check loan deductions are made (11 Jun 2014)
PFA slams Pension Fund for disregarding rules (11 Jun 2014)
Pension fund slammed for changing rule (25 May 2014)
Hard work, fair play (8 May 2014)
Fraudsters out to steal your retirement benefits (23 mar 14)
Funeral expenses (23 Mar 2014)
Limited recourse on death benefit decisions (23 Mar 2014)
Those protecting us deserve better protection (16 Mar 2014)
Ruling on death benefits (2 Feb 2014)
White knight for wronged pensioners (31 Jan 2014)
Employer was wrong in withholding pension payout ( 3 Dec 2013) (1)
Employer was wrong in withholding pension payout ( 3 Dec 2013)
PPS and Sanlam at odds over RAs (27 Oct 2013) (1)
PPS and Sanlam at odds over RAs (27 Oct 2013) (1)
Be wary of universal policies (13 Oct 2013) (1)
Be wary of universal policies (13 Oct 2013)
Death benefits must be paid promptly (13 Oct 2013) (1)
Death benefits must be paid promptly (13 Oct 2013)
Determinations highlight overcharging (13 Oct 2013) (1)
Determinations highlight overcharging (13 Oct 2013) (1)
Determinations highlight overcharging (13 Oct 2013) (1)
Pensions adjudicator clears case backlog (13 Oct 2013) (1)
Pensions adjudicator clears case backlog (13 Oct 2013)
Beware pension split on divorce (29 Sep 2013)
Beware pension split on divorce (29 Sep 2013)
Life assurer deducts penalties twice (29 Sep 2013) (1)
Life assurer deducts penalties twice (29 Sep 2013)
The greedy feed well off your billions (22 Sep 2013) (1)
The greedy feed well off your billions (22 Sep 2013)
Fund erred in paying death benefit (22 Sep 2013) (1)
Fund erred in paying death benefit (22 Sep 2013)
Protecting your retirement savings (22 Sep 2013) (1)
Protecting your retirement savings (22 Sep 2013)
Wenze ushintsho kwezempesheni (13 Sep 2013) (1)
Wenze ushintsho kwezempesheni (13 Sep 2013)
Wife loses inheritance after deserting comatose hubby ( 9 Sep 2013) (1)
Wife loses inheritance after deserting comatose hubby ( 9 Sep 2013)
PFA finds Momentum Retirement Annuity guilty of delaying payment of death benefit (4 Sept 2013)
Retirement, more clarity and accountability needed (2 Sept 2013) (1)
Retirement, more clarity and accountability needed (2 Sept 2013)
Retirement funds neglect basic functions (25 Aug 2013)
Retirement fund trustees must be diligent (4 Aug 13) (1)
Retirement fund trustees must be diligent (4 Aug 13)
Trustees must pay for funds admin mess (4 Aug 2013) (1)
Trustees must pay for funds admin mess (4 Aug 2013)
Live in lover may claim pension fund (31 Jul 2013)
Trustees used staff funds to improve firm (22 Jul 2013)
Pension funds will not be told where to invest (17 Jul 2013)
Tried to rob rightful heir, customary wife lodged pension claim (15 Jul 2013)
Provident funds to be phased out slowly (7 Jul 2013)
Life industry in a corner (9 Jun 2013)
Investment penalty excesses uncovered (2 Jun 2013)
Kopano loses its pension licence (29 May 2013)
Name and shame employers and administrators (29 May 2013)
Provident Fund battle (22 May 2013)
Fidentia investor representative to sue FSB (15 May 2013)
Lobby group calls for changes to death benefits (14 May 2013)
Mother says trustees failed dead daughter (8 May 2013)
Strict conditions for withholding pension benefit (5 May 2013)
Trustees ordered to rethink allocation of death benefits (3 May 2013)
Thousands of security guards may have been robbed by their employers (15 Apr 2013)
Troubled firms must still contribute to pension funds (14 Apr 2013)
Protect security guards (10 Apr 2013)
Problems experienced by Pension Funds Adjudicators (5 Apr 2013)
Financial woes does not stop provident fund contribution obligations (2 Apr 2013)
Illegal interest on housing loan (27 Mar 2013)
Employers reneging on pension payments (17 Mar 2013)
Backlog of pension complaints whittled down (10 Feb 2013)
Sezizoxazululwa masinya ezempesheni (7 Feb 2013)
FAIS OMBUD makes advisers pay back millions ( 4 Feb 2013)
Pensions backlog optimism (1 Feb 2013)
Burden of proof on gay couples (21 Jan 2013)
Lack of nomination form prevents pension payout (17 Jan 2013)
New-look court system undermine judicial process (27 Dec 2012)
Hedge funds to be regulated next year (24 Oct 2012)
Pension funds adjudicator, Deputy to no one (17 Oct 2012)
Pension funds must be repaid R20m fees for admin bungle (19 Aug 2012)
Pension Funds Adjudicator new rules (19 Jul 2012)
PFA dismisses 11 complaints after six year probe (8 Jul 2012)
Pension Funds Adjudicator new rules (19 Jul 2012) (1)
Traditional marriage rights concerns (6 Jun 2012)
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RAs Manuel s deal just started.pdf