The FSCA has once again extended – this time until 31 December 2023 – the exemption on compliance officers’ prescribed visits to FSPs’ business premises. The exemption was granted in 2017 to the […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has ordered the FSCA to come up with an “appropriate” administrative penalty on Markus Jooste after it set aside the fine of nearly R162 million the regulator imposed on […]
The FSCA will unveil a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies early next year to help protect consumers, according to a report by US-based financial news service Bloomberg. The rules will establish how trading in […]
The FSCA will unveil a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies early next year to help protect consumers, according to a report by US-based financial news service Bloomberg. The rules will establish how trading in […]
The FSCA is using social media to supervise whether financial products and services promote fair customer outcomes, and it will be looking into the banks’ low response rate to “priority tweets” as revealed […]
The FSCA is using social media to supervise whether financial products and services promote fair customer outcomes, and it will be looking into the banks’ low response rate to “priority tweets” as revealed […]
The owner of a brokerage asked the Financial Services Tribunal to award him R2 million in damages because the FSCA refused to grant his firm an FSP licence. The regulator rejected the firm’s […]
The owner of a brokerage asked the Financial Services Tribunal to award him R2 million in damages because the FSCA refused to grant his firm an FSP licence. The regulator rejected the firm’s […]
The FSCA has withdrawn a proposed conduct standard for retirement fund investments in hedge funds, saying subsequent events have made the standard unnecessary. The draft standard was published by the erstwhile Financial Services […]
Average administrative costs per retirement fund member increased from 2006 to 2018, but this overall increase conceals that average costs have fallen for particular fund types and classes and benefit structures. This is […]
The FAIS Ombud will ask the FSCA to investigate whether a broker, her supervisor and the key individuals of AIK Brokers are fit and proper to act as FSPs after her office found […]
The FAIS Ombud will ask the FSCA to investigate whether a broker, her supervisor and the key individuals of AIK Brokers are fit and proper to act as FSPs after her office found […]
Netwerk24 reports that Markus Jooste’s legal team holds that the FSCA’s R241 million penalty is shockingly inappropriate in that he is also held accountable for the transgressions of those he advised to sell […]
The FSCA is launching an integrated web service for FSPs to update their representative registers, and the uploading of registers in text format or as Excel spreadsheets will cease to be an option […]
The FSCA is launching an integrated web service for FSPs to update their representative registers, and the uploading of registers in text format or as Excel spreadsheets will cease to be an option […]
The FSCA recently sent out a notification informing financial institutions – “data subjects” in the parlance of POPIA – that it will “continue taking necessary measures to safeguard the personal information it processes […]
The FSCA recently sent out a notification informing financial institutions – “data subjects” in the parlance of POPIA – that it will “continue taking necessary measures to safeguard the personal information it processes […]
