What you need to do:
Complete the Ninety One Retirement Annuity Fund application form online. Select one or more funds from our range of funds and make a once-off and/or monthly investment in the fund.
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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.
At retirement (from age 55)
- You can take a maximum of one-third of the Vested component, plus any remaining funds in the Savings component as a lump sum.
- You need to invest the balance, or the full value – if you haven’t taken a lump sum – in a compulsory annuity to provide you with retirement income.
What are the tax benefits?
Your contributions to a retirement annuity are tax deductible and the returns you earn while invested are tax free.
- When contributing to an RA, your maximum tax deduction* for the year is the lesser of:
- R350 000
- 27.5% of the greater of remuneration or taxable income excluding taxable capital gains
- Taxable income including taxable capital gains
- No income, capital gains or dividend withholding tax is payable within the fund (you only pay tax on receipt of a cash lump sum).
* When calculating the maximum tax-deductible contribution, member and employer contributions to all retirement funds must be taken into account