National Treasury proposes more changes to the two-pot retirement system
Delaying the implementation date and raising the seeding cap are among the announcements and clarifications.
Delaying the implementation date and raising the seeding cap are among the announcements and clarifications.
Retirement industry bodies plead for a later implementation date, but Cosatu says 1 March next year is a ‘red line’.
Organisations representing the retirement industry call attention to the ‘problematic’ provisions in the draft legislation for the two-pot retirement system.
National Treasury resolves the conflict between the draft legislation and the explanatory memorandum.
It’s also hoping for concessions on access to the retirement pot when members are retrenched or dismissed.
The updated legislation puts the retirement industry in a better position to be ready by 1 March 2024, it says.
Retirement fund members who are expecting a big pay-out will be disappointed.
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