FIC issues sanction notices to non-compliant law firms and estate agents
The response to the Centre’s appeal to submit the outstanding risk and compliance returns ‘is not good enough’.
Old Mutual Unit Trust Managers off the hook for R1.7 billion claim arising from Fidentia scandal.
Read moreThe response to the Centre’s appeal to submit the outstanding risk and compliance returns ‘is not good enough’.
The absence of a successful prosecution of anyone named in the Zondo report is a big concern, Business Times reports.
The inherent risk of money laundering and terrorist financing for CASPs in South Africa is high, the report says.
SA has staggered deadlines by when it must address the 17 outstanding items on the global body’s 22-item Action Plan, to get off the grey list.
Moonstone speaks to Ninety One’s Sangeeth Sewnath about the extent to which greylisting is affecting the economy, the markets, and investors.
Non-submission of the RCR required by Directive 6 will prevent the Financial Intelligence Centre from demonstrating compliance with the FATF’s action plan.
The National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Bill will play a pivotal role in bolstering South Africa’s prosecution capabilities, says CDH’s Louis Botha.
The SA Reserve Bank says grey-listing is one of the reasons for the record outflows from the country’s capital markets.
Following the re-ratings, South Africa is now deemed to be fully or largely compliant in 35 of the 40 Recommendations.
Asisa says it is encouraging that the 2.5% to 5% drawdown rate made up the biggest income band by number of policies.