In Circular 48, the CMS signals tougher enforcement against exempted insurers, warning that non-compliant branding and failure to notify regulators will attract decisive action.
The establishment of the Financial Services Tribunal in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act of 2017 brought much needed legal certainty to financial advisers and the public. Its predecessor, the FSB Appeal […]
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana did not announce any significant changes to the tax regime in his maiden Budget speech this week. However, consumers will benefit from the decision not to increase the general […]
Genoa Underwriting Managers (FSP No 38225), on behalf of Safire Insurance Company Limited (FSP No 2092), is a niche market specialist Professional Indemnity UMA which offers a Combined Professional Indemnity Policy for Financial […]
The Gauteng High Court has taken attorneys to task for cutting corners when approaching the courts when the reserve price is not achieved at a foreclosure sale, and it set out the procedure […]
The Prudential Authority (PA) is seeking to remove Yashoda Ram as the provisional curator of 3Sixty Life on the grounds that her qualifications were misrepresented in the PA’s original interim curatorship application. Ram […]
The FSCA has published a notice that clarifies the costs that can be deducted from a collective investment scheme portfolio, apart from those provided for in section 93(1) of the Collective Investment Schemes […]
There were many requests for a follow-up webinar following the first Tech Talk Legal open forum on the issues surrounding commissioning affidavits over video. Therefore, the next free Tech Talk Legal webinar, on […]
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana will deliver his maiden Budget speech on Wednesday. After almost two years since South Africa declared a State of Disaster in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic […]
The latest move by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to require the withholding of PAYE from annuity payments at an “effective tax rate” as required in directives issued to payers of annuities […]
It seems the courts will have to settle another dispute over the interpretation of business interruption (BI) policies – this time involving the property sector. According to a report in the Sunday Times, […]
You can claim back up to 20% of your Skills Development Levy (SDL) simply by submitting an Annual Training Report (ATR) and Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) to the Seta with which your business […]
The draft conduct standard on the “Requirements related to the payment of pension fund contributions”, which will replace Regulation 33 of the Pension Funds Act (PFA), was submitted to Parliament in December last […]
Events over the past year, both locally and internationally, have shifted the focus on a number of material terms and conditions in policy documents. Pre- and post-Covid A media release published in November […]
There will be dire consequences for the economy if South Africa’s measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing are not brought up to international standards this year, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) […]
With the end of the tax year fast approaching, investors who haven’t already done so should be considering making use of their R36 000 annual contribution to a tax-free savings account (TFSA). Jaco van […]
A tax-free savings account (TFSA) can help retirement fund members who bought living annuities to reduce their marginal tax rate, hence maximising their after-tax income, says Paul Hutchinson, a sales manager in Ninety […]
The MSCI World Index had its worst start to the year since 2016, falling 5.3% month-on-month, as concerns over spiralling inflation and higher interest rates, and the tensions between Russia and Nato over […]
