Our Range of Consulting Services
- Benefit design
- Communication
- Governance services
- Insured benefit services
- Innovative products
- Secretarial services
- Legal and contractual services
Benefit Design Services
- The role of benefits
- The objectives for benefit provision
- Benefit provisions that meet corporate objectives and employee needs
- Designs that incorporate cost control mechanisms
- Durable designs (e.g. by anticipating future legislation).
Governance Services
This service is designed to protect the interests of all parties involved in the funds and schemes by:
- Advising on procedures to ensure best practice,
- Ensuring legal requirements are met,
- Defining roles and responsibilities,
- Introducing procedures to resolve conflicts of interest,
- Reducing the risk of costly litigation,
- Improving communications,
- Improving decision-making,
- Reducing the cost of management of the funds and schemes,
- Helping to define the objectives of the different parties involved.
Insured Benefit Consulting Services
SA QUANTUM can assist by:
- Carrying out a broking exercise to select the most competitive insurer
- Checking that the insurance correctly covers all the benefits
- Leasing with the trustees to ensure that the insurance goes on-risk at the required time.
SA QUANTUM is independent of all insurance companies.
Secretarial Services
We view as secretarial services, the production of all documentation relating to trustee meetings:
- Agenda,
- Minutes of previous meeting,
- Brief explanations on the developments of matters arising,
- Briefing the trustees on new legislation and developments in the market,
- Claims documentation,
- Administration report,
- Investment reports / summary of assets,
- General consulting advice on all aspects of your employee benefits programme.
Auxiliary Secretarial Services
- Produce all documentation and bind it for delivery to the trustees 1 - 2 weeks ahead of the trustee meeting
- Maintain the minute book
- Liaise with all statutory bodies to ensure that the Fund’s requirements are met
- Arrange the invitation of investment managers to the trustee meetings for investment presentation purposes
In addition we:
- Handle logistics in setting up meetings and attendance at conferences
- Assist chairperson with procedural matters
- Maintain and distribute mail from the fund post box