Digital assets: three questions advisers need to be asking
Who can advise on digital assets, where can clients move them, and what can SARS see? A practical look at the questions advisers need to understand.
FSPs
Opt-out rules bring financial services into the compliance net
The NCC’s draft guidelines include financial institutions and insurers, giving businesses five months to prepare for monthly database cleansing and enforcement.
FSCA investigates Sanus after receiving client complaints
The regulator is examining possible contraventions involving the provider, which operates the EZInvest and Financix trading platforms.
UPDATED | Regulator provisionally withdraws five FSP licences
The separate actions follow findings of alleged contraventions at three providers and preliminary questions about the management and oversight of two others.
FSCA reviews broker-fee governance and bank sales conduct
The 2025/26 Integrated Report records supervisory work on disclosure, customer consent, transactional fees, and customer treatment.
AI could change financial advice. But who is thinking for the client?
FSCA deputy commissioner Farzana Badat offers a glimpse into the regulator’s thinking on accountability, privacy, and human oversight.
Your client’s email is hacked. You make the payment. Who pays?
Practical steps for FSPs and their clients to spot, verify, and prevent fraud before a compromised email becomes a costly payment.
COFI turns regulatory information into a supervisory tool
COFI would require FSPs to have systems capable of producing reliable, regulator-ready information when the FSCA requires it.
RE1 is just the start of the Key Individual journey
From regulatory exams to qualifications, Class of Business training, and CPD, MBSE can support professionals through the broader Fit and Proper requirements.
Final FSCA levies gazetted for 2026/27
Moonstone’s updated calculator enables FSPs to estimate their Schedule 2, Ombud Council, Tribunal, and FAIS Ombud levy components.
Last chance to register: COFI readiness for small FSPs
Moonstone Compliance will explore what the FSCA’s changing supervisory approach means for smaller practices and how they can respond proportionately.
Safeguarding client assets under COFI: familiar rules, new expectations
The Bill re-organises existing asset-protection obligations into a fiduciary framework that places greater emphasis on governance, evidence, and customer protection.
Court and Tribunal rulings strengthen regulator’s enforcement hand
Key judgments clarified the FSCA’s ability to investigate misconduct, resist procedural delays, and pursue cross-border enforcement.
CFDs and trader misconduct move up FSCA’s market-abuse agenda
The regulator is scrutinising how derivative positions, suspicious trading, and failures by gatekeepers can undermine market integrity.
Banxso, Medbond, and Steinhoff drive FSCA penalties to R2.9bn
The Regulatory Actions Report shows how the Authority is combining penalties, licence withdrawals, and debarments to tackle serious misconduct.
FSCA sharpens focus on online harm and unauthorised advice
The regulator highlights how digital scams, referral models, and trading signals can pull consumers into unlicensed services.
COFI will connect what financial institutions offer, say, and deliver
The outcomes-based framework links product and service governance with customer expectations and the experience that follows.
