Fairheads can report on a recent case study, which is particularly interesting because it shows growing awareness among higher-income earners of the tax and savings advantages of beneficiary funds. A couple, both in their forties and the parents of two minor children,...
Fairheads’ umbrella trust product, The Fairheads Legacy Trust, is gaining traction, particularly among lawyers, as a solution for the trusteeship and administration of lump sums paid out by various means including testamentary provision, medical malpractice claims or...
This good-news case study* shows how the Fairheads Legacy Trust product can effectively be used to receive assets from an existing testamentary trust, thus alleviating the administrative burden on those running the trust, such as a lawyer who sets up a stand-alone...
Reflecting on 2017, it is fair to say that South Africa has been a challenging place to do business and we can be certain that this challenging environment will continue in 2018 and for some time to come. It is therefore with great pride that we can report that our...
I am often challenged in trustee report back meetings about the rate of capital growth on beneficiary funds, and more specifically why the benefit in the fund has not grown as much as is expected. My response is always the same – a beneficiary fund is not a...
The graph illustrates an example of a member, aged five years at inception, with an original capital investment of R100 000. The funds are invested according to the board approved asset allocation model and payments from the fund include: Regular income payments to...
Since 2009 the beneficiary fund industry has grown to an estimated R9 billion. Add to this the umbrella trust sector valued at around 10 billion and it is clear that these vehicles are used to look after the benefits due to a significant number of vulnerable children...