1 / 11

TRANSNET LIMITED

TRANSNET LIMITED. TRANSNET PENSION FUND ACT AMENDMENTS October 2006. Table of contents. Introduction Brief history of the Transnet funds Principles of the Act amendments Transnet Retirement Fund Transnet Pension Fund Conclusion. Introduction.

ghays
Download Presentation

TRANSNET LIMITED

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. TRANSNET LIMITED TRANSNET PENSION FUND ACT AMENDMENTS October 2006

  2. Table of contents • Introduction • Brief history of the Transnet funds • Principles of the Act amendments • Transnet Retirement Fund • Transnet Pension Fund • Conclusion

  3. Introduction • In April 2006 Transnet, DPE and Labour agreed: • to allow SOE-type members continued membership in the Transnet Retirement Fund (“TRF”) • to restructure the Transnet Pension Fund (“TPF”) into a multi-employer fund to allow continued membership of SOE-type members • Act amendments are required to accommodate this • The draft Act amendments have been approved by Transnet, the trustees of the three Transnet pension funds and Cabinet • The draft Act amendments appeared in Government Gazette No. 29181 of 1 September 2006

  4. Brief history of the Transnet funds • 1990-establishment of TPF • 2000-establishment of two new funds Railways and Harbours Pension Fund for non-White Employees Railways and Harbours Superannuation Fund • Transnet Pension Fund • defined benefit fund = + • Transnet Pension Fund • defined benefit fund • Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund • defined benefit fund • for all pensioners of TPF as at 2000 • closed fund from 2000 • Transnet Retirement Fund • defined contribution fund • for all new employees of Transnet from 2000 • Transnet Pension Fund (existing) • defined benefit fund • all those members who are not pensioners and who did not want to transfer to the Transnet Retirement Fund • a closed fund from 2000

  5. Brief history of the Transnet funds • 2006-continued membership of SOE employees • Transnet Pension Fund • still closed fund • still defined benefit fund • restructure into a multi-employer fund • establish stand-alone sub-funds • provide new governance structures • Transnet Retirement Fund • still defined contribution fund • enable existing members to remain members under new SOE Employer • Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund • still defined benefit fund • still closed fund • no amendments

  6. Principles of the ACT amendments (TRF) • TRF to remain in principle a “Transnet fund” • Not a multi-employer independent fund • However, SOE Employers (to whom Transnet businesses have been disposed of) may also join as participating employers • effectively allowing employees of SOE employers to remain members of the TRF • No new employees of SOE employers to join TRF

  7. Principles of the ACT amendments (TPF) • TPF still one legal entity • Now an independent multi-employer fund • Renamed the “Transport Pension Fund” • SOE-type employers (to whom Transnet businesses have been disposed of) may join as a Principal Employers (“PE”) • One Sub-Fund per PE • Sub-Funds automatically consist of active members • Sale agreements determine allocation of Pensioner and Dependant Pensioner members to Sub-Funds • The relevant liabilities, assets, rights and obligations allocated to the Sub-Fund are determined by the Trustees, the fund valuator and actuary/ies • Sub-Funds have clearly defined “ring-fenced” liabilities and assets • PE only guarantees its own Sub-Fund

  8. Principles of the Act amendments (TPF) • Principle of separation of Sub-Funds (with ability to work together) • Two sets of rules • General Rules control governance, allocation of costs and statutory matters. • Special Rules control service, contributions and benefits. • Two levels of trustees • Sub-Fund Committees (“SFC’s”) manage all aspects of the Sub-Funds as determined by the Special Rules (incl. investment policy and administration of benefits and assets) • Board of Trustees (“BOT”) duty to control the governance of the fund as a whole and to allocate costs where necessary

  9. Board of Trustees Executive Committee Audit / Risk Committee Investment Committee Fund Administration Strategic Asset Management Illustration – old TPF structure

  10. Sub Fund Sub Fund Committee Committee Executive Audit / Risk Investment Executive Audit / Risk Investment Committee Committee Committee Committee Committee Committee Fund Strategic Asset Fund Strategic Asset Administration Management Administration Management Illustration – new TPF structure Board of Trustees

  11. Conclusion • Act amendments critical to Transnet’s restructuring and to legitamise the continued membership of the SOE members

More Related