The Age 18 issue - Can we finally get there? This year-end issue of Fairheads Times comes with gratitude to all our loyal clients and compassion for those who have been hard hit by the pandemic. We sincerely hope that 2022 will be an easier year for all South...
In late 2020, Fairheads Benefit Services held a series of webinars in various languages under the heading of “Planning for your future”. The webinar panelists discussed how beneficiary fund members should start thinking about a career as early as age 16, in order to...
Published in City Press, 13 March 2016. By Maya Fisher-French. Read the article Would you trust your child with a lump sum or below. Minor children are often the main beneficiaries of the death benefits paid out by retirement funds. The challenge is to make sure the...
September 2015 Giselle Gould leads panel discussion Giselle Gould, Business Development Director at Fairheads, led a panel discussion at the IRFA Conference in Cape Town in July, as an independent convenor. David Hurford, Head of Sponsored Products, also took part....
June 2015 By Olefile Moea, Consultant Following years of verbal engagement, a formal written submission was recently made to the Financial Services Board to amend pension fund legislation such that death benefit lump sums administered by beneficiary funds, umbrella...
Retirement fund trustees have a fiduciary duty when paying out death benefits. Even if guardians are financially competent, trustees should ask four key questions before making a decision, says Giselle Gould, Fairheads’ Business Development Director.
Published in Business Day, Business Day & Tax Review, 1 April 2015 Following years of verbal engagement, a formal written submission has recently been made to the Financial Services Board to amend pension fund legislation so that death benefit lump sums...
Published in FA News. 1 April 2015 By Giselle Gould, Business Development Director, Fairheads Benefit Services The age of responsibility A submission was recently made to the Financial Services Board (FSB) to amend the pension fund legislation so that death benefit...
