A ruling by the Constitutional Court, has put to rest concerns about pension fund rule amendments, which arose after a determination against a fund by the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) was upheld by the High Court but then overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
All retirement funds in South Africa – except those that fall under separate legislation, such as the Government Employees Pension Fund – are governed by the Pension Funds Act. In
