Exercising regularly is only the starting point for Discovery’s argument that everyday behaviours can have a lasting effect on earnings, debt, and retirement security.
The owner of a brokerage asked the Financial Services Tribunal to award him R2 million in damages because the FSCA refused to grant his firm an FSP licence. The regulator rejected the firm’s […]
Certain sections of the Cybercrimes Act came into effect on Wednesday, which means it is now a criminal offence to, among other things, send messages on social media that threaten to harm someone […]
Certain sections of the Cybercrimes Act came into effect on Wednesday, which means it is now a criminal offence to, among other things, send messages on social media that threaten to harm someone […]
What does “access control” mean for the purposes of an insurance policy? The answer to this question was at the heart of a complaint that came before the Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance (Osti). […]
What does “access control” mean for the purposes of an insurance policy? The answer to this question was at the heart of a complaint that came before the Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance (Osti). […]
You, as an adviser, are legally required to explain all material clauses in a policy to enable your client to make an informed decision. What happens if some clauses are so clouded in […]
You, as an adviser, are legally required to explain all material clauses in a policy to enable your client to make an informed decision. What happens if some clauses are so clouded in […]
Making vaccination compulsory to enter workplaces and certain public spaces seems a certainty if the statements from the government, business and labour this week are anything to go by. In a televised address […]
The systemic nature of cyber risk provides intermediaries with an unprecedented opportunity to show-case their value to clients, Andrew Coutts, Santam’s head of Intermediated Distribution, told the recent InsureTalk18 online conference. It is […]
South African life insurers paid 99.3% of all claims against fully underwritten individual life policies in 2020 to a value of R20.6 billion. The 2020 death claims statistics for fully underwritten individual life […]
Coronation Fund Managers grew its assets under management (AUM) by 11% to R634 billion in the year to September 2021, from R569bn. However, it once again reported a net cash outflow of average […]
Behavioural finance expert Morgan Housel, partner at Collaborative Fund and an award-winning author, was a speaker at the Allan Gray Investment Summit and the CFA Investment Conference this year. Housel, in almost identical […]
It is questionable whether the much-vaunted “too-big-to-fail” benefits of the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill now before Parliament justify its far-reaching impingements on the rule of law, its dubious depositor insurance provisions and […]
It is questionable whether the much-vaunted “too-big-to-fail” benefits of the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill now before Parliament justify its far-reaching impingements on the rule of law, its dubious depositor insurance provisions and […]
Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s top three investment banks, does not think the emergence of the omicron variant of Covid-19 is sufficient reason to make major changes to investment portfolios. Meanwhile, James […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has upheld the JSE’s directive that Namibia-based Trustco must restate its financial statements for the year to 31 March 2019 and its interim results to 30 September 2019, because […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has upheld the JSE’s directive that Namibia-based Trustco must restate its financial statements for the year to 31 March 2019 and its interim results to 30 September 2019, because […]
