Window period for crypto asset FSPs to apply for a licence opens on 1 June
The FSCA wants to know whether applicants are compliant with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act.
Representatives
FSCA reissues exemptions from competency requirements for certain licence categories
In February, the FSCA published FSCA Communication 4 announcing that it is exempting FSPs, key individuals and representatives who operate in the credit life and funeral insurance space from some of the Fit […]
‘Fit and proper’ exemptions for credit life, funeral insurance FSPs
The FSCA is exempting FSPs, key individuals and representatives who operate in the credit life and funeral insurance space from some of the Fit and Proper Requirements. The reason for the exemptions is […]
F & P Guidelines for appointment of representatives
The new Fit and Proper regulations provide a wide range of prescriptions which FSPs should consider when appointing new representatives. It also has a potential bearing on current appointees who may be unrehabilitated […]
Debarment of Representatives – now and post FSRA
The current provisions in the FAIS Act, 2002 and the procedures that have been adopted and applied by FSPs, and to some extent by the FSB, regarding the debarment of representatives have led, […]
Electronic updating of Representative Registers
FSBA financial services provider (FSP) must in terms of Condition 3 of its licence, inform the Registrar of Financial Services Providers (Registrar) within 15 days after any change to its register of representatives. […]
Old Mutual Representatives Granted Exemption
Board Notice 273 of 2013, published in December last year, provides details of an exemption granted to certain Old Mutual representatives in respect of the experience and qualification criteria applicable to: Collective investment […]
Important Qualification Requirements
The regulatory examinations took precedence for most people in the industry, and may have averted the focus from the qualification requirement, particularly in the case of representatives working under supervision. Industry demands for […]
