The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has upheld a determination by the Pension Funds Adjudicator that a security guard who lost the use of his right arm following a shooting did not qualify for […]
A former Nedbank employee whose withdrawal benefit was withheld has failed to convince the Financial Services Tribunal (FST) to have the Pension Funds Adjudicator reconsider her decision to dismiss his complaint. At Nedbank’s […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has dismissed an application by a fund member’s daughter to have the allocation of her late father’s entire death benefit to her mother reconsidered on, among other grounds, that […]
The Municipal Employees Pension Fund (MEPF) and its administrator, Akani, have won another court case – this time in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) – that upheld the retrospective application of an […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has ordered the Pension Funds Adjudicator to reopen a complaint against Old Mutual involving the alleged conversion of a policy to an annuity without the client’s consent. The Adjudicator […]
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Pension Funds Adjudicator has jurisdiction to hear cases where the complainant was unlawfully admitted as a member of a retirement fund. The court’s ruling clarifies how […]
The Gauteng High Court has overturned a determination by the Pension Funds Adjudicator, ruling that she exceeded her jurisdiction and did not follow a fair procedure when deciding that a fund’s amended rule […]
Two recent applications before the Financial Services Tribunal – in which the facts of the cases were virtually identical – have highlighted that the Pension Funds Adjudicator does not have jurisdiction over complaints […]
An employer’s obligations to pay contributions to a provident fund ceased when the fund registered the member’s disability claim, not when his contract of employment ended, the Financial Services Tribunal has ruled. The […]
Retirement funds should ensure employers are aware of their obligation to pay contributions, even while their employees are absent from duty. This was said by the Financial Services Tribunal when it upheld a […]
Retirement funds should ensure employers are aware of their obligation to pay contributions, even while their employees are absent from duty. This was said by the Financial Services Tribunal when it upheld a […]
All employees in the private security sector, irrespective of their job description, must become members of the Private Security Sector Provident Fund, and likewise all employers in the sector must participate in the […]
All employees in the private security sector, irrespective of their job description, must become members of the Private Security Sector Provident Fund, and likewise all employers in the sector must participate in the […]
A decision made by a fund’s trustees can be interfered with only where it can be shown that they have taken irrelevant, improper and irrational factors into consideration, and where it can be […]
A decision made by a fund’s trustees can be interfered with only where it can be shown that they have taken irrelevant, improper and irrational factors into consideration, and where it can be […]
A case that came before the Financial Services Tribunal has underscored the importance of ensuring that divorce settlements conform to the provisions of the Pension Funds Act and the Divorce Act when addressing […]
A case that came before the Financial Services Tribunal has underscored the importance of ensuring that divorce settlements conform to the provisions of the Pension Funds Act and the Divorce Act when addressing […]
