Strong market performance lifts assets to record highs, but lapses and protection gaps persist beneath the surface.
The Financial Services Tribunal has dismissed another complaint by a policyholder whose retirement savings were hit – six months before his retirement date – by the Liberty Lifestyle Retirement Annuity Fund’s decision to […]
Troubled state-owned entities have become the metaphorical albatross around the neck for the government, as was evident from the Minister of Finance’s recent medium-term budget. At the briefing to Parliament afterwards, Deputy Finance […]
Die herrie wat Rassie Erasmus se wedstrydontleding van die skeidsregter se foute ontlok het, is nie die eerste keer nie. In 1995 het die Engelse kaptein homself ook die gramskap van die establishment […]
Die herrie wat Rassie Erasmus se wedstrydontleding van die skeidsregter se foute ontlok het, is nie die eerste keer nie. In 1995 het die Engelse kaptein homself ook die gramskap van die establishment […]
The National Consumer Tribunal (NCT) has fined Clark Gardner, the chief executive of Summit Financial Partners, R500 000 after finding him guilty of contravening the National Credit Act (NCA). Gardner has something of […]
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has already implemented a number of recommendations arising from the Special Investigating Unit’s investigation into alleged misconduct by its employees, and it plans to increase its tariffs […]
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has already implemented a number of recommendations arising from the Special Investigating Unit’s investigation into alleged misconduct by its employees, and it plans to increase its tariffs […]
National Treasury has put National Health Insurance (NHI) on the backburner because of the slow progress in getting the project off the ground. In the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, Treasury said there […]
National Treasury has put National Health Insurance (NHI) on the backburner because of the slow progress in getting the project off the ground. In the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, Treasury said there […]
From 1 January next year, Old Mutual employees will have to submit proof that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. This follows similar announcements in September by Discovery Health and in October by […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has clarified that the collection costs incurred by a credit provider to enforce a credit agreement do not include legal fees. The appeal was brought by Bayport […]
A number of complex issues on how the proposed “two pots” retirement system will work in practice still have to be clarified, and fund members who are expecting immediate access to their savings […]
A number of complex issues on how the proposed “two pots” retirement system will work in practice still have to be clarified, and fund members who are expecting immediate access to their savings […]
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his first Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on 11 November. Unlike policy statements of the recent past, the market was primed for positive surprises. After all, monthly […]
Netwerk24 reports that Markus Jooste’s legal team holds that the FSCA’s R241 million penalty is shockingly inappropriate in that he is also held accountable for the transgressions of those he advised to sell […]
As the 23 November deadline looms for non-provisional taxpayers, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) warns it has more scope to impose penalties on taxpayers who do not submit their returns on time. […]
The theft of confidential company information has been on the rise since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, where the move to working from home has resulted in less stringent safeguards to protect […]
