READ or DOWNLOAD FAIRHEADS TIMES This is our annual Women’s Month issue of Fairheads Times and we are pleased to run articles penned by our own female experts as well as guest writers. The lead story outlines the challenges faced by millions of households in South...
Welcome to the last issue of Fairheads Times for 2023! Our lead story on the unfortunate situation regarding Road Accident Fund and medical negligence claims is especially relevant at this time of year, when scams and fraud are rife and it is often the vulnerable...
Welcome to the latest issue of Fairheads Times, authored by women, to showcase a wide range of expert opinion both by Fairheads staff and guest writers in Women’s Month. To keep you up to date, important topics related to both beneficiary funds and umbrella trusts are...
In this issue of Fairheads Times we address, as usual, some topics that are top-of-mind in the employee benefits industry. In the lead article we look through a new lens at the payment of Section 37C lump-sum death benefits, showing that by placing funds in a...
In this year-end issue of Fairheads Times we give a glimpse into Fairheads’ activity over the past few months. It has indeed been a busy time with submissions to industry authorities, our Annual Guardian Roadshow, an umbrella trust webinar, an industry award for the...
This issue of Fairheads Times leads with a discussion by David Hurford on the impact of the consolidation of beneficiary funds in the context of the Regulator's push for retirement fund consolidation. Some of the pertinent issues David examines are the pro's and cons...
In this issue of Fairheads Times we focus on the all too real vulnerability of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their education has been severely impacted by lockdown rules, with many families unable to access the technology needed for remote learning. We show...
This issue shares insights into two key virtual events hosted by Fairheads: a webinar through which we engaged and cemented relationships with retirement fund trustees and other stakeholders, and a series of successful Zoom-based workshops during which we reached out...
Over the past six months, Fairheads has developed another value-add service to our list of growing products – tracing services. In addition to the specialisations we can now offer retirement funds in this area, our stand-alone tracing services have an important side...
A long overdue rethink of section 37C of the Pension Funds Act is finally under way, following a request from the Deputy Registrar to the industry to give suggestions for amendments and submit them to the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). It is hoped that the...