Late-payment interest now accounts for almost half of arrears, suggesting unpaid contributions are remaining outstanding for longer.
The Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) has issued a communication that alerts consumers to their rights when it comes to debt that has prescribed. According to ombudsman Reana Steyn, most consumers are ignorant […]
The war in Ukraine is having a significant effect on inflation and activity in the world economy as commodity prices have soared and supply chains have been disrupted. Inflation in the G7 was […]
Personal income tax (PIT), value-added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) would have to increase by just under 5% to raise R50 billion, or by slightly more than 9% to raise R100bn, […]
Life insurers reported a significant drop in death claims for the six months to the end of March compared to previous six-month reporting periods since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. South Africa […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has set aside the debarment of a bank employee, saying the possibility or suspicion of the transgression was not a sufficient reason for him to be debarred. The […]
Since their inception in 2009, there have been many misconceptions about crypto assets, often referred to as cryptocurrencies. These misconceptions have cost investors millions of rands and have subsequently been addressed or explained […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has set aside a determination by the Pension Funds Adjudicator after finding that her office did not serve the complaint on all the affected parties, thereby denying them […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has sent yet another determination related to an investment in Sharemax back to the FAIS Ombud for reconsideration, with the tribunal saying the ombud needed to apply the […]
Technological development, although rapidly accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has been changing the insurance landscape for some time. Nowhere have the effects of digitalisation been felt more acutely than in the agricultural sector, […]
In 2020, Magnus Heystek wrote an article titled A truly horrific chart with nowhere for the JSE to hide, in which he compared the returns of various investment options over the previous 10 […]
Many taxpayers will again hit a wall when trying to claim any home office expenses during the current tax filing season, despite having worked mainly from home since the start of the Covid-19 […]
The High Court in Pretoria has rejected a purchaser’s defence that the lockdown made it impossible for him to adhere to his vehicle finance agreement, finding that his inability to pay was due […]
According to a graph in this year’s Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor (OMSIM), 72% of respondents expect their financial prospects to improve over the next six months, whereas only 5% believe they […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has dismissed an application by an umbrella fund member who was aggrieved by the FSCA’s decision to exempt the fund from the full liquidation requirements in the Pension […]
A parent can claim maintenance for adult dependent children from the other parent upon divorce, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled. The judgment, penned by Acting Judge Pieter Meyer (with four […]
According to the Oxford dictionary, a “rule of thumb” is “a broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory”. For many years, the retirement rule of thumb advised citizens diligently […]
Moonstone Compliance’s third webinar of this year will focus on regulatory risk registers as part of your organisation’s privacy governance programme. The webinar will take place on Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, 24 August, […]
