I have a query about my Eagle Star PRSA. I have two policies, one for infrequent lump sums and one for regular contributions. I made one payment into the lump sum one and then didn't make another for over a year. I noticed that the number of units was reduced from what it had been at the beginning. It is not something I would have noticed re the policy with regular contributions, both because it would be more complex and because the voluminous paperwork they provide does not refer to the number of units very often.
After some effort, I got the explanation from Eagle Star that this is how they take the 1% management charge every year. I had previously thought that the management charge came from the price of the units. I did some calculations and, even though intuitively it seems I am losing more this way, it actually has the same effect over time. Is this the way all PRSA providers do it? Is this even the way all unit-linked funds do it? Am I right to be a bit nervous about it?
I did try to search for whether this had been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything. Thanks for any answers anyone can give, and thanks to all the people who work so hard providing this very valuable website, from which I have learned (and continue to learn) a lot.
After some effort, I got the explanation from Eagle Star that this is how they take the 1% management charge every year. I had previously thought that the management charge came from the price of the units. I did some calculations and, even though intuitively it seems I am losing more this way, it actually has the same effect over time. Is this the way all PRSA providers do it? Is this even the way all unit-linked funds do it? Am I right to be a bit nervous about it?
I did try to search for whether this had been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything. Thanks for any answers anyone can give, and thanks to all the people who work so hard providing this very valuable website, from which I have learned (and continue to learn) a lot.