In Circular 48, the CMS signals tougher enforcement against exempted insurers, warning that non-compliant branding and failure to notify regulators will attract decisive action.
The Companies Amendment Bills impose crucial changes to remuneration disclosure and shareholder approval that trustees must integrate into their governance practices.
The Council for Medical Schemes has advised medical schemes to limit their contribution increases for 2025 to 4.4% plus ‘reasonable’ utilisation estimates.
Economists assess the possible impact of the reforms on household consumption, real fixed investment, inflation, government debt, and GDP growth.
The OBS’s 2023 annual report unveils chargeback disputes, hidden fees, and administrative failures.
Coronation looks at whether a life or a living annuity is more likely to protect a retiree’s income if we enter a high-inflation environment.
FST upholds the JSE’s decision to fine Tongaat Hulett’s former CFO R6m and bar him from holding office as a director of a listed company for 10 years.
The Consumer Protection Act prescribes that consumers receive goods that are fit for their intended purpose, of good quality, and durable for a reasonable time.
The Companies Amendment Act provides for more disclosure by companies, and the Companies Second Amendment Act extends the time bars to applications for director delinquency and proceedings to recover loss due to director liability.
The deterioration in Sizwe Hosmed’s reserves is attributed to ‘benefit under-pricing and historically unreliable budgetary and forecasting processes’.
The Ombudsman for Banking Services was kept busy with complaints about current accounts, loans, savings accounts, credit cards, and home loans.
A challenge to the RAF’s failings must consider the complex inter-governmental duties on which the social security scheme depends, judge says.
The top three achievers in MBSE’s Higher Certificate in Short-term Insurance share their experience with the course and its impact on their careers.
The cases dealt with by the banking ombudsman last year included a home auctioned for far below its value and fraud linked to a stolen phone.
René van de Spreng, a wealth manager and director at Apex Private Wealth, is one of three finalists for the 2024 Financial Planner of the Year Award.
The latest Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor finds a decrease in households dipping into their savings and cashing in their investments early.
The former Old Mutual adviser claimed the complainants were not his clients but his relatives who had agreed to lend him the money.
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