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Life offices and asset managers represented by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (Asisa) have collectively made progress towards achieving the transformation targets set by the amended Financial Sector Code (FSC), […]
Discovery Group this week announced the launch of its discretionary fund manager (DFM), Cogence, which will give financial advisers access to portfolio analytics and risk analysis tools developed by the world’s largest asset […]
Chris Rea, the English rock and blues singer, has a different perspective on what the road to Hades comprises in his ode to the infamous ring road around London: She said, “Son, what […]
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has published an explanatory summary of a bill that will amend five Acts of Parliament as the government moves to beef up the country’s anti-money laundering and counter […]
Blessing Utete, the managing executive of Old Mutual Corporate Consultants, spoke to Mark Bechard, the managing editor of Moonstone publications, about National Treasury’s draft legislation for the two-pot retirement system. Read: Treasury publishes […]
EFF MP Floyd Shivambu lambasted South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Governor Lesetja Kganyago for not responding to a letter asking the central bank to confirm or deny whether President Cyril Ramaphosa had disclosed […]
The Information Regulator (IR) has published a notification form, and accompanying guidelines, for reporting actual or potential security compromises, so that responsible parties can comply with their obligations in terms of section 22 […]
An increase of R39 billion in the value of household debt and a decrease of R1.19 trillion in the value of household assets saw South Africans’ wealth (expressed in current prices) decrease by […]
The eJoburg Retirement Fund has been ordered to revise a death benefit allocation after the High Court found the deceased’s alleged customary marriage was unlawful and the fund’s justification for allocating 15% of […]
The incidence of South African businesses that came under attack from a particularly dangerous type of malware increased by 140% between the first and second quarters of this year, according to cybersecurity and […]
Nova Propgrow Group Holdings Limited says the compliance notice issued by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) prohibiting Nova from disposing of its immovable properties is flawed, and its legal team is […]
Only areas of business where there was no risk of money laundering could be excluded from the ambit of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica), whereas even low-risk businesses should be accountable institutions, […]
Outsurance Life has proposed that long-term insurers that provide risk products should be excluded as accountable institutions, saying the increased cost of compliance was not proportionate to the low risk these products posed […]
Hot on the heels of its proposed amendments to Joint Standard 1 of 2020 pertaining to the significant owners of FSPs, the FSCA has asked for reports from certain FSPs and collective investment […]
The FSCA has concluded an enforceable undertaking with the ANC Staff Provident Fund on how it is clear the reported R85 million in arrear contributions. The fund is a defined contribution fund with […]
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has applied to the High Court in Pretoria to overturn the moratorium that effectively prohibits medical schemes from providing low-cost benefit options (LCBOs) to South Africans who […]
A recent report by multinational investment management firm Schroders has emphasised the need for the financial services industry to get to grips with the gender dimension of investing and wealth transfer. The study […]
