Strong market performance lifts assets to record highs, but lapses and protection gaps persist beneath the surface.
Two FAIS Ombud rulings were published on Friday, both concerning investments made via an FSP in Edwafin, a venture capital company in KZN which offered 18% guarantees on debentures. Edwafin started advertising aggressively […]
If you experience problems accessing information from the FSB website, please read the information below. This is copied directly from the Regulator’s website. Internet Browsers The FSB developed this website to work correctly […]
On Sunday morning I could not make up my mind about which song best summed up my situation: Bad liver and a broken heart by Tom Waits, or Sunday morning coming down by […]
Industry experienced job applicants have to provide proof of their RE results. The question is: how reliable is this information? Judging by the vast number of enquiries we receive, it is apparent that […]
New Zealand/Australia The Aussies only made one injury enforced change to the team. Ewen McKenzie (Pictured above) explained his thinking as follows in the NZ Herald: “You can’t fudge experience and I know […]
Two media articles on the new Old Mutual Wealth business model, published on Wednesday, will certainly cause more than just a stir in the industry. As usual, the mention that commission would no […]
Two Irishmen were sitting in a pub watching the Tour de France on TV. Seamus shook his head and asked, “Whoi t’e hell do they do that?” “Do what?” asked Mick. “Go on […]
If you don’t know what it costs to deliver your service, you don’t know your business… Johnny Grohovaz Most advisory businesses are quite content, as long as the amount of commissions and fees coming […]
These communication sessions offer the industry an opportunity to communicate directly with the Regulator on practical matters. When I looked at the registration page this morning, there were still a number of empty […]
Diegene wat voor die einde van 2013 nog die eksamens suksesvol moet aflê, moet asseblief let op die proses wat gevolg moet word, en nie onnodige druk op hulself plaas nie, of hulself […]
Before the Australia All Blacks game, it was mentioned that the average score between the two sides is 25 – 23 in favour of the All Blacks. There must have been more than […]
Dear Abby A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid-twenties. These two women go […]
Older readers may well remember the Joel Mervis column in the Sunday Times which usually started with: “There I was, sitting drinking Slivovitz, waiting for a war to break out.” I was reminded […]
In the introduction to this proposed amendment, the Regulator states: The FSB, through the General Financial Services Laws Amendment Bill, 2012, proposed the insertion of a definition for “continuous professional development” in the […]
The draft document published by the FSB on proposed changes to the fit and proper requirements makes provision for further distinctions between certain product categories. In 2012 the Registrar granted an exemption to […]
Ek weet nie hoeveel van my Engelse maatjies hierdie speletjie as kind geken het nie, maar ek glo steeds dit is die hoofoorsaak van my rugprobleme. Dit is egter nou die Bokke se […]
The tribal wisdom of the Plains Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says: “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.” However, in government, […]
