Welcome news for companies in business rescue

SARS’s discretion to write off temporarily an amount of tax debt while a company is subject to business rescue will be reviewed.

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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 […]

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FSB Communications

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 […]

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Records and Rankings

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 […]

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Financial Terms after the Meltdown

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 […]

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Read the fine print

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 […]

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Reps who Fail to pass RE 5 by 30 September

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: […]

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Orange placed under provisional liquidation

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. […]

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FSB Media Release – Orange Insurance

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 […]

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KP AP OP?

Probably what the English selectors mumbled to each other when choosing their side for the crucial third test against South Africa this weekend. Kevin Pietersen is A Problem Ou Pêl, or words to […]

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FSB Responds to Allegations

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 […]

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Schedule of FSB Communications

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 […]

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Job Losses in the industry

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 […]

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