Preservation fund

Preserve and continue to grow your retirement savings in a tax-efficient way if you have to leave your retirement fund for any reason, such as changing jobs.

Your retirement nest egg typically needs to last 30 years or more, which will require disciplined saving over your working life.

Our tax-efficient solutions can help you make the most of your savings over the long term. Don’t be tempted to cash in your pension or provident fund savings when you are changing jobs or facing retrenchment.

How rewarding your retirement will be depends on how well you plan and make provision for it now.

To stay on track with your retirement goals, it is essential that you preserve and grow your accumulated retirement savings throughout your career. Transferring your retirement benefit to a preservation fund will allow your retirement savings to keep on growing tax free.

Benefits of Ninety One Preservation Funds

1
Our preservation funds provide a tax-efficient way to preserve your retirement savings if you are leaving your employer’s retirement fund.

2
No income, capital gains or dividend withholding tax is payable within the preservation funds, helping your retirement savings grow faster.

3
After the introduction of the two-pot retirement regime, members are allowed to withdraw from the Savings component once in a tax year. A once-off withdrawal from the Vested component is permitted prior to retirement.

4
You can retire any time from age 55.

Here’s how it works

What you need to do:

Complete our preservation fund application form to transfer your retirement benefit to the Ninety One Pension Preservation Fund or the Ninety One Provident Preservation Fund.

Select one or more funds from our range of funds.

View our Core fund range

What happens with your money?

The fund managers invest your money in a portfolio of assets such as equities, bonds, cash and listed property, based on your fund selection.

The investment is managed on your behalf according to the fund’s objectives, for example, beating inflation over a certain time period. This plays a key role in determining the return on your investment.

Can I access my money?

Before retirement:

  • The two-pot retirement regime was introduced on 1 September 2024, which allows members access to a small portion of their retirement savings before they retire, while preserving the remainder until retirement. To achieve this, various notional components within a member’s retirement fund benefit/contract were created.

    These components are referred to as:
    • the Vested component,
    • the Savings component, and
    • the Retirement component.
  • Members are able to withdraw from the Savings component once in a tax year.
  • A once-off withdrawal from the Vested component is permitted prior to retirement, up to the full value of this component (unless a restriction is applicable).

At retirement (from age 55)

  • You may take a maximum of one-third of the Vested component (excluding any provident fund vested benefits), plus 100% of any provident fund vested benefits* (if applicable), plus the remaining funds in the Savings component.
  • Any portion of the benefit that you do not take as a lump sum, must be invested in a compulsory annuity.

What are the tax benefits?

  • No income, capital gains or dividend withholding tax is payable within the fund.
  • You only pay tax if you take a lump sum before and at retirement.

*What are vested benefits?
Any provident fund or provident preservation fund value on 1 March 2021, plus future growth/fund return on this amount is referred to as a member’s “vested benefits”.  The one-third rule does not apply to members’ vested benefits. Therefore, any member who has vested benefits in a retirement fund may take these in full as a cash lump sum at retirement. Please note that members of provident funds who were 55 or older on 1 March 2021, may have additional vested benefits. Members need to consult the administrator of their retirement fund for more information on their vested benefits.

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