FSB Appeal Board Clarifies Factual Causation
The recent Appeal Board Determination in the matter of J&G Financial Service Assurance Brokers (Pty) Ltd and R L Prigge is an important Determination for a number of reasons. Mention has already been […]
FSCA slaps Banxso and directors with record R2bn fine
The Authority says the penalties reflect the financial benefit gained from unlawful conduct and the harm to clients – handing 30-year debarments to several Banxso executives.
Digital Workspace Solutions provider SuiteBox Breaks New Ground
This digital meeting platform, which offers a wide range of solutions to current challenges for financial advisers, recently made the news for the right reasons. Suitebox won the “mobility solutions” category in the […]
Insurance Apprentice 2018 gets under way
The fourth series of The Insurance Apprentice is set to take the short-term insurance industry by storm once again as preparations get under way and applications for the 2018 event take center stage. […]
FAIS clearly unclear about intermediary services
The Free market Foundation recently published an article on a matter which has certainly been a major bugbear since the introduction of the FAIS Act. When does a person have to register for […]
FSP Levies for 2017 announced
FSPs will heave a collective sigh of relief on hearing that the new levies payable to the FSB actually decreased this year. No indication of the reason for this is given, but we […]
Notes on the Insurance Bill
The Insurance Bill in its probable final form has now been published. The Bill deals essentially in prudential matters as these apply to insurers. However, there are a number of amendments to existing […]
Retirement Fund Advantage
Do you understand the difference between the “27.5% of remuneration or 27.5% of taxable income” rule? Tony de Wijn of Softbyte Computers in Durban kindly offered subscribers a gratis programme which you can […]
FSB fines Smart Life R150 000
The Registrar of Long-term Insurance (the Registrar) referred a case against The Smart Life Insurance Company Limited (Smart Life) to the Enforcement Committee of the Financial Services Board. During the period 15 April 2013 until […]
Appeal Board Comments on Ombud
In the recent “Prigge” decision, the FSB Appeal Board commented on the FAIS Ombud’s powers and duties in a fairly forthright manner. The information below is taken directly from the Appeal Board decision. […]
Mitigating cyber risk in the financial services sector
A summary of this paper first appeared in the June edition of Moneymarketing. Whilst I am sceptical of the local application of surveys and studies done in other countries, I think that this […]
CMS to address Undesirable Practices
The Council for Medical Schemes published Circular 39 of 2017, calling for industry input on its intention to declare certain practices irregular or undesirable. Regulation 8 of the Medical Schemes Act entitles medical schemes […]
Insurance Bill Update
The National Treasury presented its response to public comments received on the Insurance Bill, 2016, to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance in May. A copy of the Bill, as well as the presentation […]
GTC Medical Aid Survey 2017
Results reveal that small medical aids also offer good value, and highlights that consumers may be unaware of their own medical aid plans and the benefits contained therein. Smaller medical schemes perform well […]
Minister signs FIC Amendments
On 15 June 2017, the Minister of Finance announced the coming into operation of a number of provisions of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act, 2017 (the FIC Amendment Act). There are two important dates […]
R E and Qualifications Fraud
In a holding statement published on Thursday, 15 June, the Financial Planning Institute (FPI) responded as follows to a media release by the FSB: Falsification of Regulatory Examination Results and Issuance of Fraudulent Certificates […]
Netwealth AdviceTech Research Report
A recent report, designed for the Australian advice industry and technology companies that support it, attempts to sketch the road ahead. As we appear to be heading down the same rocky road, we […]
Moonstone Brand Ambassador, Oliver Bekker, excels
Oliver Bekker, brand ambassador for Moonstone and Suitebox, saw a lifetime dream come true when he qualified for the 117th US Open golf tournament at the Erin Hills course in Wisconsin which starts […]
