SA stocks and long-term government bonds are cheap, but not excessively so

How foreign investors and rating agencies view the outcome of the general election will affect the direction of bond yields and equity prices.

FSCA releases amended exemptions for crypto asset FSPs

The Authority has changed its mind about the requirement to have a recognised qualification.

Keeping it simple is the solution

Ninety-eight percent of lawyers give the rest of us a bad name, quipped Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and Oscar-winning film producer. This view was also applied to the financial services […]

Proposed exemptions to tackle complications under the Fit and Proper requirements

In 2017, new classes and sub-classes of insurance business were introduced through the Insurance Act, 2017 (Act No. 18 of 2017). Subsequently, the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, […]

Accounting standard exemptions for managers and auditors of collective investment schemes

The FSCA has published a draft general exemption that proposes to exempt managers and auditors of collective investment schemes (CIS) and its portfolios from those parts of section 74(1) (a) and (2) (c) […]

FICA Exemption

The Financial Intelligence Centre published Public Compliance Communication (PCC) 29 to provide guidance on the application of Exemption 4 of the FIC Act which provides for the reliance by one accountable institution (the […]