The rising number of investigations and inspections underline a shift from registration to active supervision.
Steven W writes: It seems that direct marketers of insurance, and those who actually meet with the public, have dissimilar disclosure requirements, with the direct marketers having considerably less of an obligation than […]
I obtained 31 credits in 2009 and now want to study further towards a full qualification. Please advise how I should go about this? People who were in the industry prior to 2010 […]
It is that time of year when a very annoying, yet compulsory, questionnaire is being circulated. SARS needs confirmation about your personal service provider status, and each product house that you have contracted […]
Permanent Centres: 15 December 2014 (registration closes 28 November) Satellite Venues: 04 December 2014 (registration closes 17 November) Moonstone reopens on 5 January 2015, and the first exams will be available as follows: Permanent Centres: […]
The Springbok coach certainly took no chances when selecting his side for Saturday’s opening match against Ireland. In the backline, the only possible surprise, if experience was the main criteria, is the retention […]
The current media spat between attorneys Ronald Bobroff and Partners and Discovery Health has a much wider bearing on the industry than just that of the healthcare environment. In essence, the law firm […]
In a media release issued on 30 October 2014, the Financial Services Board (FSB) shared its views on a media statement circulated by Kadesh Consulting, which alleges that there is an investigation underway into, amongst […]
Last week, we discussed basic trends identified in the recently published Key Findings: Complaints Management Thematic Review by the FSB. Today, we share two of the four specific findings contained in this document […]
The former Springbok coach made some interesting comments regarding the Springboks’ draw in RWC 2015. His concern is with the teams comprising Group A: Australia, Wales and England, together with Fidji and Uruguay. […]
The World Bank released its Doing Business 2015 report on October 29. The intention of the publication is to provide a measure of the difficulty an entrepreneur faces when starting and/or running a […]
The information below was extracted from a supplementary report to the FSB’s Integrated Annual Report which provides an overview of activities of all divisions in the FAIS department for the year which ended […]
There is always a lot of industry interest in the RE statistics, and the figures contained in the report makes interesting reading. The pass rate for those who wrote the RE 1 for key […]
South Africa’s Constitution is regarded as one of the best in the world when it comes to safeguarding the rights of its citizens. From it evolved a number of interventions aimed specifically at […]
(From the Ou Grote website) This story no doubt had its origin after the famous win by France over the All Blacks in RWC 2007. It’s amazing to think that Richie McCaw was […]
The renowned tax expert from Rhodes University Business School, Professor Matthew Lester, will be conducting two four-hour financial planning update lectures in the Eastern Cape. 20 years of changes in the tax system […]
Learning from the mistakes of others is always much better than learning from your own. The findings of a recent audit by the FSB of the current state of complaints handling by product […]
The platform which offers investors a guaranteed annual return of 19.5% was the subject of a number of articles published in Moneyweb recently. The article titled, Are Cambist’s contracts genuine, points out that […]
