5 Top customer engagement tactics to try in 2018
Neil Summers, Head of Sales at Moonstone, recently wrote an article for Bizconnect which is of great interest to those keen to explore new avenues to generate business by harnessing IT advances to […]
COFI Bill approved for submission to Parliament
Omnibus AML/CFT Bill also gets the nod for tabling.
Changes to Regulatory Exam Questions
The amended Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements comes into effect on 1 April 2018. Regulatory Exam Study Material The amended requirements will have a substantial impact on the content of the study material for […]
New Fit and Proper Regulatory Exam Requirements
Board Notice 194 of 2017 contains the latest information on who should write which exams. The competence requirements relating to regulatory examinations determine that all FSPs, key individuals and representatives should write and […]
Transitional provisions under New Fit and Proper Determination
Whilst the 2017 Determination of Fit and Proper requirements rings in a new era of onerous obligations, it also provides a substantial amount of relief for the “oud-stryders” in terms of a number […]
Draft Determination on Equivalence of Reward
The sustainability of independent financial advice was always a key aspect in the Registrar’s approach to the Retail Distribution Review. Board Notice 181 of 2017, published on 10 November last year, aims to level […]
Changes to Regulatory Exam Questions
The long anticipated amended “Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2017” was finally printed in December last year. The amended determination comes into effect on 1 April 2018. The competence requirements […]
Key Individual Operational Ability
The Fit and Proper Requirements 2017 published recently, also provides stipulations on operational ability. Billy Seyffert, COO of Moonstone Compliance and Risk Management, pointed out an important consideration for Key Individuals: A FSP […]
Continuous Professional Development
Under the old dispensation, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) was the third leg of the journey towards becoming a true professional, after successfully completing the level 1 and 2 regulatory examinations. Now that the level 2 […]
Professional Principal Executive Officer Qualification
Registration is now open for candidates who want to enrol for the first intake on 26 February 2018. The Professional Principal Executive Officer Qualification is a much-needed stimulus for the professionalisation of the […]
New Fit and Proper Regulations and the Regulatory Exams
The long anticipated amended “Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2017” was finally printed in December last year. The following requirements are applicable in terms of the regulatory examinations: […]
Regulatory Impact of Product Training under new Fit and Proper
The Financial Services Board subcontracted the beleaguered KPMG to do an impact assessment on the proposed amendments related to the Fit and Proper requirements, as published in the Draft fit and proper requirements […]
Guidance on reappointment of debarred reps
A newly published document by the Registrar attempts to address some of the practical problems experienced in the past. “16. The frequency of representative complaints reported to the Registrar’s office, and the intensity […]
New Fit and Proper Regulations and the Regulatory Exams
The long anticipated amended “Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2017” was finally printed in December last year. Do not be fooled by the fact that the determination, sans […]
Appeal Board Reduces Debarment Period
A recent case before the FSB Appeal Board saw the period of debarment halved which is an interesting deviation from previous views held by the Board on its powers to interfere in decisions […]
Municipal Councillors Pension Fund under Curatorship
The FSB published the following media release on 20 December: On 19 December 2017, the Pretoria High Court granted an application brought by the Registrar of Pension Funds in terms of section 5(1) of […]
Update on legislative changes in 2018
The Insurance Conduct Workshops held in Pretoria and Cape Town in December 2017 were very informative and provided a good update of the current and future regulatory landscape. Those unable to attend are advised […]
Final Insurance Conduct Regulations and Policyholder Protection Rules
We have become used to the publication of important regulatory changes on and after 15 December each year, but 2017 set a new “record” which will be hard to beat. We will be sharing […]
