Who controls the affairs of a retirement fund?


Every fund must appoint a board of management to run the affairs of the fund. This is called the board of trustees. Each retirement fund must have at least four trustees.

In terms of Section 7A of the Pension Funds Act, members may elect at least 50% of the board of trustees. Umbrella funds may apply for exemption from appointing member-elected trustees.

In addition, the fund must appoint a Principal Officer, to deal with the day-to-day running of the fund.

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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