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Should a foreigner retire to Pretoria? This answer from Etienne Labuschagne is just a sensible “that’s the way it is” response that provides us all with food for thought.
A key question that needs to be answered in any financial planning exercise is “How much do I need to save so that I can comfortably maintain my standard of living in retirement?”
One of the classic dilemmas people who have retired abroad face is how to structure and manage their living annuities back home in South Africa. You cannot externalise a living annuity unless it is below a certain value.
There is a strong argument for abolishing the concept of retirement and thinking instead of finding a different kind of work to keep ourselves mentally and physically fit, highlights the Financial Times.
Saving for retirement is many investors’ primary financial goal and supporting retired people is a major cost for most governments and many companies. But a growing body of evidence from all quarters suggests that our approach to saving for retirement just isn’t working.
The 34-year-old Bryan Habana, the second-most-capped Springbok of all time with 124 Test caps, announced that he will hang up his boots later this year.
In this article, Dawn Ridler sets out some steps to develop a retirement funding plan that can survive old age.
It’s clear that former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe is doing everything in his power not to pay back the illicit R30m pension payout that he received from the power utility.
Many investors remain uncertain as to whether their investments are aligned with their retirement needs, and how much they are losing to high fees.
When making the next move and choosing a retirement home to live in, one has to conduct a lot of research and visit a number of retirement villages before making any decision.