New Retirement Thinking Archives

July 2010

- 21 July (Are we saving enough?)
- 19 July (Savings approach)
- 12 July (Savings month)
- 05 July (Corporate governance laws in the retirement fund industry)

June 2010

- 28 June (Surrender values)
- 21 June (Yegolide Awards)
- 14 June (The 2nd edition of KPMG’s Toolkit for retirement trustees)
- 07 June (The shock to global investing in the past few years)

May 2010

- 31 May (Know about your death benefits should you belong to a company pension fund)
- 24 May (Are we saving enough to ensure we make it through our lives financially independent?)
- 17 May (Differences in thinking between men and women - financial and retirement planning?)
- 10 May (The Pension fund law is taking on an increasingly important role in the retirement environment)
- 03 May (Retirement planning and how to beat inflation in the longer term)

April 2010

- 26 April (How to find out more about your company pension fund)
- 19 April (Evolving industry)
- 12 April (The King Code of Governance 2009 and your pension fund)
- 06 April (Retirement planning and how to beat inflation in the longer term)

March 2010

- 29 March (The recent lowering of South African interest rates and your pension)
- 23 March (Regulation 28 of the Pension funds Act)
- 15 March (The first international actuarial conference)
- 08 March (South African pension environment & lessons learned)
- 01 March (Different types of annuities and what those about to retire need to know before they pick)

February 2010

- 22 February (2010 Budget - tax hikes in the future for SA?)
- 15 February (2010 Budget and what taxpayers can expect this year)
- 08 February (Alexander Forbes Asset Consultants Manager Watch Survey)
- 01 February (The proposed national health insurance (NHI) scheme)

January 2010

- 25 January (Equities vs Inflation Effects)
- 18 January (Retirement planning)
- 11 January (Savers and the retirement industry)

December 2009

- 14 December 2009 (Life Stage model for investment portfolios)
- 07 December 2009 (Re-visit your retirement strategy)

November 2009

- 30 November 2009 (2009 crisis and pension funds)
- 23 November 2009 (Trustees and retirement funds)
- 16 November 2009 (Reform in the trustee and asset consultant space)
- 09 November 2009 (5 C's of retirement)
- 02 November 2009 (Social security safety nets)

October 2009

- 26 October 2009 (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- 19 October 2009 (Death benefits)
- 12 October 2009 (Pension fund scorecard)
- 05 October 2009 (Decision-making & Investments)

September 2009

- 28 September 2009 (Manager Watch Survey)
- 21 September 2009 (What is balanced retirement)
- 14 September 2009 (Financial Life Planning Institute)
- 07 September 2009 (The life stage retirement investing model)

August 2009

- 31 August 2009 (Social security and pension systems)
- 24 August 2009 (Restraint when moving retirement funds)
- 17 August 2009 (Benchmark Symposium)
- 10 August 2009 (Sanlam Symposium)
- 03 August 2009 (Benchmark Survey)

July 2009

- 27 July 2009 (Swedish pension fund system reform)
- 13 July 2009 (Upcoming Sanlam Symposium)
- 06 July 2009 (Savings Month in July 2009)

June 2009

- 29 June 2009 (IRF annual conference)
- 22 June 2009 (Difficulties of tracking down former employees and pension fund members)
- 15 June 2009 (Socially and environmentally responsible investing)
- 08 June 2009 (Pension fund payouts and divorce)
- 01 June 2009 (FSB Investigation on Glenrand MIB Employee Benefit Services)

May 2009

- 25 May 2009 (Benchmark Symposium)
- 18 May 2009 (More choices around the employer contribution)
- 11 May 2009 (Responsibilities of the principal officer )

April 2009

- 27 April 2009 (Buying an annuity - options)
- 20 April 2009 (Relationship between risk and what retirees will get out of their funds)
- 13 April 2009 (Socially responsible investing)
- 06 April 2009 (Socially responsible investing)

March 2009

- 30 March 2009 (Unions are placing pressure on trustees)
- 23 March 2009 (How much this generation is going to have to save)
- 16 March 2009 (New methods around headline inflation measuremen)
- 09 March 2009 (Regulation 28)
- 03 March 2009 (Manager Watch Survey)

February 2009

- 23 February 2009 (Retirees and short term insurance)
- 09 February 2009 (Budget 2009 and pension fund members)
- 02 February 2009 (Budget 2009)

January 2009

- 26 January 2009 (Employment and pension trends)
- 19 January 2009 (Tricky year)
- 02 January 2009 (Retirement saving and the reform process)

December 2008

- 08 December 2008 (Slow pace of proposals around retirement reform)
- 01 December 2008 (Finding the best financial planner )

November 2008

- 03 November 2008 (Regulating the investment industry)
- 10 November 2008 (Pension reform)
- 17 November 2008 (The proposed national savings scheme)
- 24 November 2008 (Weathering Economic Woes)

October 2008

- 06 October 2008 (The role of the fund manager in volatile markets )
- 13 October 2008 (Lifestyle wealth preservation)
- 20 October 2008 (Lifestyle wealth preservation)