Retirement Insights – October 2026

Retirement fund contributions in excess of the tax- allowed contributions: Are high-income earners getting good financial advice?

Retirement Insights – October 2026

Multi-Managed Solutions: An intentional investment framework

Retirement Insights – October 2026

Unlocking opportunity: Building private market exposure for South African pension funds

Retirement Insights – October 2026

From returns to retirement outcomes: Rethinking what success looks like in pension funds

Retirement Insights – October 2026

The dilemma of reinstatement orders and the payment of retirement withdrawal benefits

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What investment options does SURF offer me?

Investment Choice option

From age 53, USRF offers members investment options outside the default investment strategy.
If you opt for the Investment Choice option, from age 53, you may choose to invest your fund credit in these portfolios.

The Growth Portfolio

The Growth Portfolio consists of both a local and an offshore component. The local component is split in equal portions between the following investment managers: Allan Gray, Coronation and Ninety One. It should be noted that differences in investment returns of the managers result in changes in manager allocations from time to time. The offshore component is managed by Willis Towers Watson.

The composition of the Growth Portfolio allocation as at 31 March 2026 was as follows:

Growth Portfolio: Asset Allocation

Growth Portfolio: Foreign Asset Split