Another Sharemax ruling by FAIS Ombud
Legalbrief reports as follows: Another financial adviser has been ordered by the FAIS Ombudsman to repay a retired couple who invested their pension money in The Villa syndication of Sharemax, says a Sake24 […]
SARS’s discretion to write off temporarily an amount of tax debt while a company is subject to business rescue will be reviewed.
Read moreLegalbrief reports as follows: Another financial adviser has been ordered by the FAIS Ombudsman to repay a retired couple who invested their pension money in The Villa syndication of Sharemax, says a Sake24 […]
On Wednesday, 22 August, the FSB broadcasts a workshop on how Continuous Professional Development works. The target market for which it is intended is indicated as: Key Individuals, sole proprietors, compliance officers and […]
This exam was announced some time ago, with timelines on the FSB website given as follows: Trials would be run in October and November 2011 January 2012 would see the exams, drawn up […]
Apart from the sideshow created by the Kevin Pietersen saga, the last “text match”, as it was dubbed in the media, gets underway at Lords today. At stake are the series and the […]
CEO — Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO — Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. VALUE INVESTING — The art of […]
One would hope that, being in the industry, that we all have PI cover and that we know exactly what we are covered for. (In case you do not have PI cover, you […]
We received a number of enquiries from readers following Monday’s article which touched on interim measures one can take when candidates do not pass the regulatory exams by the end of September. Q: […]
The Financial Service Board confirmed that Orange Insurance Limited (Orange) was placed under provisional liquidation on 24 July 2012, with the return date for the final liquidation order set for 9 October 2012. […]
The long awaited update on recognised qualifications was published in the Government Gazette on 15 August. Board Notice 135 of 2012 contains the list of approved qualifications, and Board Notice 136 of 2012, […]
ORANGE INSURANCE LIMITED PLACED UNDER PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATION The Financial Service Board hereby informs the public that Orange Insurance Limited (Orange) was placed under provisional liquidation of 24 July 2012, with the return date […]
Last week we reported on media articles relating to the FSB’s involvement in the prevention of dubious investment schemes. The Regulator saw fit to publish a media release explaining its position in terms […]
Mike Brown, Managing Director, etfSA.co.za With above inflation returns being provided by the main local market indices for both bonds and equities, many of the index tracking products, both ETPs and Unit trusts, […]
Please see below the schedule of planned presentations by the FSB for the rest of 2012. Copies of the satellite broadcasts are availablefrom us. Those that are not televised, requires you to register […]
As the final date for completion of the regulatory exams draw near, we experience an increase in calls from candidates, anxious about what will happen if they do not make it. Let me […]
I always pity the poor people who enter this “industry of abbreviations”, and have to try and decipher what language it is that we speak. Hopefully the discussion below of an often asked […]