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Building generational wealth with a retirement annuity
Momentum Savings

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An African couple enjoying the outdoors on a trail walk, carrying their young multiracial daughters.


So, you’re not a Rockefeller and don’t have rolling lawns or a family business with a head office looking like a Greek temple?

Ordinary people have something to leave to the next generation, too. So many people want to study further and make something of themselves. Or start their own business. What a great gift it is to give someone like that a head start in life. A retirement annuity (RA) can do just that! Here’s how.

How about dumping Barbie or a bottle of champagne for an RA?
  1. What do you give a child at their birth?
  2. How do you spoil a child when they go to school?
  3. What do you choose for a 21st?
  4. What is best to give a down-and-out friend?
  5. How do you show a struggling sibling that you care?

A retirement annuity is a gift that keeps on giving

Even when you stop contributing every month, the money will keep growing.

Example:

Dad Charles contributes R500 a month in a retirement annuity with Momentum Savings when his daughter Thembi is born:

He invests in the Focus 7 Fund of Funds and the money grows with inflation (6%) every year.

If she takes over when she is 23, her monthly payments will be R1 802 instead of R4 070 to reach the same goal of R55 million at age 65 (for a value of R1 245 00 in today’s terms).

How to grow your money with an Momentum Savings

Get started per month, or with a once-off amount of R5 000
  • You can contribute for as long as you want to, and then stop.
  • The receiver can continue the contributions until age 55, if they want to.
  • With two-pot, they can access some of the money, but two-thirds stay intact .
Ensure the contributions continue With a Contribution Replacer benefit for a fraction of the contribution, we pay the contribution on your behalf when you die or become disabled.
If you want to keep any of our products in your own name at first
A smiling African man in an apron at home in the kitchen showing his daughter how to prepare food, while helping her mother cook.



Not all of us are American business magnates but that doesn’t mean we cannot pass on what we have in a meaningful way. To find the best Momentum Savings solutions for a gift, speak to your financial adviser.

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