New Retirement Thinking

We are discussing the private retirement savings crisis in South Africa and joining Semeyi Zake in studio for this discussion is Sohini Castille, Head of Consulting at 10X Investments and Mike Wood, Managing Director at Apio Wealth.

A lot of investors aren't aware of all the costs involved with planning for their retirement and this comes as a surprise when it's unfortunately too late. With October being the season for Financial Planning, we have Lance Solms, Managing Director at Itransact Investment Platform as we take a look at retirement planning and how you can you can take full advantage of this financial planning season.

Semeyi Zake speaks to Ascor Independent Wealth Manager's Martin de Kock to explore various methods on how to maximise your retirement annuity 2018

Nimisha Bhawan, Head of Investment Advisory at Alexander Forbes Investment and Danie Venter, an Advisory Partner at Citadel, join Semeyi Zake in Studio to discuss strategies in dealing with volatile markets and your retirement investment.

Shergeran Naidoo, Head of Stakeholder Engagement at BankservAfrica, joins Semeyi Zake in studio to discuss the private pension index in South Africa

The increase in VAT rate announced in former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba's 2018 Budget Speech is still an unpleasant for many hardworking South Africans and even though personal income tax rates were not raised, no inflationary adjustment for the top four income brackets means higher income earners will be paying more of their salaries to the government. But how can you use your retirement fund to soften this blow of the Budget tax shock? in studio Semeyi Zake is joined by Katherine Barker, Head of Momentum FundsAtWork.

When it comes to retirement it seems like 65 is almost this mythical age where you go from gainfully employed to being a wonderfully retired pensioner - but, while this may have been true in the 1950s is this the case today? David Crossely - Business Manager at BDO Wealth Advisors joins Bronwyn Seaborn to take a look at the changing landscape of retirement and how to ensure that a penny saved today is a penny earned in a not too distant tomorrow.

Do you ever enquire about a company's retirement fund plan when you are about to start at a new job? Finding out earlier can be the difference between a retirement of subsistence and one of comfort. We take a look at retirement fund service providers, particularly at how one selects them and the interaction with them, the company, and the company’s employees.

Feeling the need to hold onto one’s savings and being hesitant to invest into a money market portfolio is common among retirees. Join Semeyi Zake and Ricardo Teixeira, COO at BDO Wealth Advisers as they take a look at retirement readiness and making safe and smart investments in order to retire comfortably.