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If you’re looking for a career where investment excellence, integrity and people truly matter – think Ashburton Investments.
Employee benefits
Joining Ashburton Investments automatically qualifies you for several benefits over and above what is mentioned in your Offer of Employment. Ashburton is part of the FirstRand Group and as a result, Ashburton employees have access to all the benefits offered to employees of the FirstRand Group.
Employee Wellbeing
Ashburton Investments subscribes to a high-performance culture and recognises the importance of employee wellbeing in achieving this goal.
Employee assistance programme
Lyra previously known as ICAS is a confidential 24/7/365 personal support service offering professional guidance on stress, financial advice, relationships, work, trauma, HIV/AIDS, legal advice, family matters and change.
Services offered:
Wellbeing centre practitioners
Our Wellbeing Centre has the following onsite practitioners available for your convenience.
- Doctor
- Onsite Counsellor
- Physio
- Optometrist
- Biokineticist
- Dietician
- Reflexologist
- Workstation Assessments
Wellness days
The Wellness Experience takes place nationwide once a year and is sponsored by Bankmed. This experience includes Personal Health Assessments (PA), voluntary HIV tests, eye tests, posture analyses, stress assessments and a waist index assessment.
FirstRand staff assistance trust
The FirstRand Staff Assistance Trust was established to assist eligible Ashburton employees with children under their legal guardianship. The funds can be used for school fees, books and school uniforms and awarded annually through a formal application process. Forehand communications are done annually to initiate this process.
Financially fit
We have a range of professionals that we work with to provide you with the guidance that you need on your financial wellness journey. The services offered through these partners is strictly confidential:
- Intergrated Advice | Money management education and content
- FNB Financial Advisory | Financial advice
- FNB Fiduciary | Wills and estate planning
- Interface financial wellness | Debt remediation and coaching
Gym
We offer state-of-the-art gym facilities in both our Portside (Cape Town) and Merchant Place (JHB) campuses, at a discounted rate for staff.
Wellbeing centre practitioners
Our Wellbeing Centre has the following onsite practitioners available for your convenience.
- Doctor
- Onsite Counsellor
- Physio
- Optometrist
- Biokineticist
- Dietician
- Reflexologist
- Workstation Assessments
Wellness days
The Wellness Experience takes place nationwide once a year and is sponsored by Bankmed. This experience includes Personal Health Assessments (PA), voluntary HIV tests, eye tests, posture analyses, stress assessments and a waist index assessment.
FirstRand staff assistance trust
The FirstRand Staff Assistance Trust was established to assist eligible Ashburton employees with children under their legal guardianship. The funds can be used for school fees, books and school uniforms and awarded annually through a formal application process. Forehand communications are done annually to initiate this process.
Financially fit
We have a range of professionals that we work with to provide you with the guidance that you need on your financial wellness journey. The services offered through these partners is strictly confidential:
- Intergrated Advice | Money management education and content
- FNB Financial Advisory | Financial advice
- FNB Fiduciary | Wills and estate planning
- Interface financial wellness | Debt remediation and coaching
Gym
We offer state-of-the-art gym facilities in both our Portside (Cape Town) and Merchant Place (JHB) campuses, at a discounted rate for staff.
Campus facilities
Blended working
The office has a new purpose. It provides inspiring physical spaces that reinforce our culture, strengthen connection, learning, bonding with customers and colleagues, and fostering creativity and innovation.
Our progressive designs are all about balance and lifestyle, coupled with efficiency, in a system of spaces that supports different activities.
We believe the workplace is an ecosystem of different locations and experiences aimed at supporting productivity, wellbeing and convenience.
We are deeply invested in the importance of teamwork to deliver innovation, performance and service excellence.
We’ve designed office spaces to make the work experience better, happier, more productive, and more satisfying.
Free parking
We offer free secure parking to all employees at all our main campuses.
Car wash
A convenient car wash service is offered for a minimal fee. Mobile car wash units can be found around the parking areas – keep your eyes peeled.
Staff shuttles
There is a shuttle service offered to employees to the Gautrain Station.
More info on the 2 Merchant Place Facilities and Portside Facilities
Free parking
We offer free secure parking to all employees at all our main campuses.
Car wash
A convenient car wash service is offered for a minimal fee. Mobile car wash units can be found around the parking areas – keep your eyes peeled.
Staff shuttles
There is a shuttle service offered to employees to the Gautrain Station.
More info on the 2 Merchant Place Facilities and Portside Facilities
Group Benefits
At Ashburton, we believe our people are our greatest asset. As part of the FirstRand Group, we recognise that every life and career journey is unique, which is why we offer flexible benefits designed to support you through different life stages from starting your career to growing your family and planning for the future. Our benefits allow you to tailor your risk and retirement cover to suit your personal circumstances, while reflecting our shared commitment to employee wellbeing, shared prosperity and positive impact on the communities we serve.
Medical aid
At Ashburton, your health and wellbeing matter. We provide access to quality, reputable medical aid options through our trusted partnerships with Discovery Health and Bonitas Medical Fund, giving you and your dependants access to comprehensive healthcare cover.
Medical aid supports your day to day healthcare needs while offering protection against unexpected medical expenses, helping you stay healthy and focused on what matters most.
What you need to know
- Ashburton employees have access to Discovery Health and Bonitas Medical Fund
- Membership of a medical aid scheme either in your own name or as a dependent on a spouse or partner’s scheme is a mandatory requirement of employment
- Medical aid membership details are reflected on your payslip and managed through Workday.
Retirement fund
Planning for retirement is an important part of long‑term financial wellbeing. At Ashburton, employees are supported through participation in the FirstRand Retirement Fund, which is designed to help you build meaningful retirement savings throughout your career.
The Fund offers a default life‑stage investment approach, which automatically adjusts your investment strategy as you move closer to retirement. This helps balance growth and risk over time while reducing the complexity of retirement planning. If you prefer a more hands‑on approach, you can also choose from a range of investment options within the Fund to suit your individual needs and risk appetite.
Through this benefit, we support employees in building financial security for the future while providing flexibility and choice along the way.
Through this benefit, we support employees in building financial security for the future while providing flexibility and choice along the way.
Risk benefits
At Ashburton, we know that life doesn’t always go according to plan. That’s why, as part of the FirstRand Group, we offer a comprehensive set of compulsory risk benefits designed to protect you and your family financially when unexpected life events or health challenges arise.
Our risk benefits provide:
- Financial protection in the event of serious illness, disability or death
- Income security if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
- Support for your loved ones, including life, spouse and funeral cover
- Peace of mind, knowing you are covered during life’s most difficult moments
What this means for you
- A lump sum critical illness benefit to help manage lifestyle and financial changes
- Income continuation cover that replaces a portion of your salary if you cannot work
- Life and spouse cover to protect those who depend on you
- Funeral cover to ease the immediate financial burden on your family
These benefits are automatically provided as part of your employment, ensuring you are supported not only at work, but through life’s unexpected challenges.
Leave
We offer a comprehensive and flexible leave framework designed to support your wellbeing, professional growth and life milestones so you can perform at your best, both at work and beyond.
Our leave benefits support:
- Physical and mental wellbeing
- Work–life balance and family responsibilities
- Career development and continuous learning
- Key life events such as parenthood
What you can expect
- Generous sick leave to support recovery and prevent burnout
- Family responsibility leave for important personal and family needs
- Annual leave that encourages proper rest and balance, including mandatory rest periods
- Study leave to support qualifications, professional development and career progression
- Paid parental leave, with additional flexibility to extend time off during early parenthood
We believe that taking time to rest, recover, learn and care for loved ones is essential to long term success for our people and our organisation.
Banking Benefits
Transact
It is compulsory for an Ashburton employee to open a FirstRand Transactional Account and have their salary deposited into that account. Banking with FNB or RMB offers a range of discounts for staff.
Borrow
Our staff have access to discounted lending solutions to help you build your wealth. You can use our preferential rates towards a house, a car or to further your studies.
Invest
Our Investment Banking benefits give employees access to preferential savings, investment, trading and fiduciary solutions at reduced or no fees helping them save, invest, trade and plan their estates confidently at every life stage.
Connect
FNB Connect is our very own mobile network, in partnership with Cell C. Connect’s nationwide network covers over 98% of the South African population and offers improved coverage and experience (on SA’s leading network, MTN). We have 4 exclusive plans available for our staff offering extraordinary value across a range of price points enabling staff to save thousands or Rands and free up cash flow and that can then go toward saving, investing or paying off debt.
Insure
Our Insurance benefits provide employees with free personal emergency response services – Guard Me 2.0, guaranteed eBucks rewards on life cover premiums, and discounted gap cover with exclusive enhancements delivering real financial savings, protection and peace of mind.
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