The regulator says it is monitoring the situation and sees signs of improvement, but some members continue to report difficulties accessing healthcare and resolving claims.
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 […]
When asked by the host on a talk show what the African equivalent of the Spanish word mañana is, the guest from our continent answered: “We do not have any word that describes […]
The limitation on companies setting off any assessed losses against taxable income is about to hit home. Companies that are making a loss will have to find the cash to pay tax on […]
National Treasury’s acting director-general, Ismail Momoniat, says mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure that the regulators are doing their job in respect of suspicious financial transactions, noting that Treasury does […]
Nedbank has blamed delays in the promulgation of amendments to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica) for the effective fine of R20 million and other administrative sanctions imposed by the Prudential Authority (PA) […]
