The Franc Wealth Index finds that financial planning, emergency savings, and consistent investing are most closely associated with stronger financial outcomes.
The Financial Services Tribunal has dismissed an application by a fund member’s daughter to have the allocation of her late father’s entire death benefit to her mother reconsidered on, among other grounds, that […]
A change introduced by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) came into effect on 1 March 2022, requiring annuity providers, including Allan Gray, to withhold a fixed tax rate higher than the rate […]
Then President Jacob Zuma used a fake intelligence report as a pretext to fire Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, so that his and the Guptas’ agenda, including the capture of National […]
Lloyd’s of London believes it is likely there will be a recurrence of last year’s riots, and has hiked its reinsurance premiums paid by the South African Special Risk Association (Sasria). Sasria briefed […]
Clients often find insurance conversations challenging. They want to get through them quickly and enter them with a preconceived idea of what they want to talk about. But intermediaries can have more meaningful […]
As a result of the huge interest in the privacy governance segment of our Regulatory Update Webinar in February, Moonstone Compliance will be holding a series of webinars dealing specifically with this issue. […]
The case for debarring a representative must be established on a balance of probability, not prima facie findings, the Financial Services Tribunal (FST) said when it upheld a representative’s application for his debarment […]
Members of Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) will be able to elect to have their health plan administered in accordance with Shari’ah principles from 1 June. It said South Africa’s first Shari’ah-compliant medical […]
The government’s call for assistance from the business world to get the economy going again is hopefully a welcome change in the view that private enterprise is in competition with it. The perceived […]
The full bench of the Mpumalanga High Court has ruled that registrars are entitled to grant default judgments in matters related to the National Credit Act (NCA) – thereby either clarifying or adding […]
BNP Paribas says the pressures on core inflation are building, which could force the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) to step up the pace of repo rate hikes from next month. Meanwhile, Anchor […]
The FSCA has exempted retirement funds from using the formats in Board Notice 77 when preparing financial statements as long as they use the revised report formats approved by the Independent Regulatory Board […]
The FSCA has agreed to reconsider the R50 million penalty it imposed on Mirror Trading International (MTI) for conducting unregistered financial services business in contravention of the FAIS Act. The Financial Services Tribunal […]
PPS Life Insurance paid Covid-19-related claims of R1.4 billion in 2021, which was 36% higher than in 2020, when claims were 45% up from 2019, the mutual insurer said in its annual report […]
The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) says the damage to infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal as a result of the floods already exceeds R1.1 billion, which was the estimated cost of damage after the flash […]
As a result of the huge interest in the privacy governance segment of our Regulatory Update Webinar in February, Moonstone Compliance will be holding a series of webinars dealing specifically with this issue. […]
If you are at the receiving end of an adverse decision by a financial services regulator, you should make use of your right to request reasons for the decision, because this may result […]
