Why are RA termination charges so high?


Question:

I have a RA with Sanlam. I am moving over to My Liberty RA because I cant meet the payments of 2 RA's atm. I would also like access to the money thats in there but from the comments its seems I cannot the R 46 623 in the fund. Another thing is, I am being charged 20.78% as termination charges on this transfer. Can someone please explain why are RA termination charges so high?

Answer:

Shilo, This is an industry evil. Please refer to our blog on the subject of the RA termination charge, which explains the basis for these charges.  

The information and answers supplied in this section do not constitute advice as defined by the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 37 of 2002.


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