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How much do you need to retire comfortably?
Investment Consultant Team Lead Andre Tuck is often asked by clients, "How much money should I have to retire comfortably?" In this article he gives some key considerations and rules of thumb to apply to help your retirement planning.
Adapting Your Retirement Annuity During Different Life Stages
Saving for retirement with a retirement annuity presents different challenges and opportunities depending on where you are in your life.
Your top 10 retirement savings mistakes (part 2)
Your retirement should be a stress-free as possible. And it can be. Learn what not to do with your retirement investments, and enjoy the golden years you deserve (part 2).
Your top 10 retirement savings mistakes (part 1)
Your retirement should be a stress-free as possible. And it can be. Learn what not to do with your retirement investments, and enjoy the golden years you deserve (part 1).
After retirement
10 things you really should know about your retirement investments
Living annuity vs guaranteed annuity, offshore investing, drawdown rates, taxation and how not to outlive your retirement savings. It's all here.
Switching Living Annuity Providers: Weighing Your Options And Comparing Costs
When you invest in a living annuity, you should understand the fees you pay and the performance of your investment - and consider changing providers if you're not getting what you need.
Living Annuities: Adjust Your Drawdown Rate to Maximise Retirement Income
A living annuity allows you the flexibility to adjust your drawdown rate so that inflation, fees and the income your draw together do not outweigh your returns.
How to Avoid Running Out of Money in Retirement
The golden equation for your retirement investments is that inflation + fees + drawdowns must be equal to our less than the return on your investments.
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Evolution of 10X continues with CoreShares purchase
10X Investments has agreed to a 100% cash purchase of CoreShares, creating a full-service indexing investment specialist that will give South Africans access to a wide selection of best-in-class products at the fairest fees possible.
Five red flags that you’re being scammed
Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in the digital age. A favoured trick is to pretend to work for an existing company and use a copy of that company’s logo and other material from their website to lure the unsuspecting, who think they are handing their money over to a well-known, legitimate company.
Why your retirement will survive even if 10X doesn't
Is it safe to entrust my retirement to 10X? That is a legitimate question thanks to the many incidents of poor industry practice, failed investment schemes and embezzlement that have caused great harm to investors in various South African companies over the years.
Catching up with Anton Eser, 10X CIO
We hosted another exciting retirement savings webinar focussing on the measures you can take to live better in retirement. Economic insights were also shared and the spotlight was put on the pressures sustained on global investment returns.