The Franc Wealth Index finds that financial planning, emergency savings, and consistent investing are most closely associated with stronger financial outcomes.
The most notable feature of Budget 2022 is National Treasury’s intent to stabilise the government’s debt ratio, as it “saves” a significant portion of its current tax windfall, estimated at R181.9 billion in […]
National Treasury’s proposal to harmonise the offshore limit for all insurance, retirement and savings funds will enable retirement funds to invest up to 45% of their capital offshore. This includes the 10% allowance […]
The government has allocated a total of R22 billion to Sasria in the current financial year to enable it to settle claims and ensure it has sufficient capital to meet regulatory requirements, according […]
Fifteen years on, the fall-out from the Fidentia scandal continues as Living Hands Umbrella Trust’s R850 million lawsuit against Old Mutual Unit Trust Managers (OMUT) got under way in a virtual sitting of […]
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 […]
JSE-listed fishing group Oceana confirmed this week that it is being investigated by the FSCA for allegedly issuing false and misleading information. “The company was informed by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority on […]
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 […]
