Compliance and Legislation – Page 51 – Moonstone Information Refinery

Day 2 Highlights from the FSCA Industry Conference 2026

The requirements for advice fees in the context of insurance policies will be dealt with by amending the insurance regulations.

This is a year after the Financial Services Tribunal set aside the Authority’s penalty of almost R162 million.

Transnet took Santam to court to recover the costs of rehabilitating soil contaminated after thieves broke into a fuel pipeline.

An accountable institution should ask only for personal information that is necessary to achieve the purposes of Fica.

The FSCA had already reduced the penalties and dropped the intention to debar for 10 years.

Financial Services Tribunal considers the Adjudicator’s powers relating to section 14 transfers

The VDP allows taxpayers to come clean on non-compliance that may lead to penalties discovered by Sars.

Tribunal repeats its previous ‘recommendation’ that the FAIS Ombud obtain oral and expert evidence to resolve the disputes of fact.

Stringent compliance obligations await if it is, but there’ll be a transitional period for new sectors.

It will apply to estate agents, attorneys and trust practitioners, among others.

Referring clients to another broker does not constitute advice for the purposes of the FAIS Act.

The two core components that must be met to claim a bad-debt write-off from Sars

And how the Financial Services Tribunal assesses whether the fine was appropriate.

It explicitly places an onus on retirement funds to alert employers of their obligations under the Pension Funds Act.

Anyone registered as an estate agent before February 2022 will remain an accountable institution.

These include delays with funeral policy claims, advice to clients who buy living annuities, and insurance policy disclosures.

Meanwhile, the High Court dismisses Trustco’s bid to have the FST’s November 2021 decision reviewed and set aside.