
Tribunal tells FSP it cannot use debarment as punishment
A financial services representative’s unpaid debts and alleged fuel-card misuse were not enough to justify debarment.

A financial services representative’s unpaid debts and alleged fuel-card misuse were not enough to justify debarment.

An FSP cannot treat debarment as an automatic consequence of a disciplinary finding, the Tribunal says, setting aside a process riddled with procedural failures.

The adviser breached Sanlam’s internal cash-handling rule, but the conduct did not establish a lack of honesty and integrity.