New deadlines for completing the Trustee Training Toolkit
The FSCA has launched the second and final batch of the 22-module online course for board members of retirement funds.
Trustees
CMS training for new medical scheme trustees
The induction programme takes place online over two days in February.
Deadlines to complete new Trustee Training Toolkit’s first 11 modules
The FSCA plans to release the remaining modules in March 2024.
CMS training for newly appointed trustees of open medical schemes
The induction programme takes place online over two days.
FIC issues guidance for trust and company service providers
Persons who are trustees in their personal capacity only are not accountable institutions.
TCSP guidance welcome, but grey areas remain, says FISA
It may not always be clear when someone has crossed the line into carrying on the business of creating a trust arrangement for a client.
New Trustee Training Toolkit will come online in September
A trustee must attain TKK certification within six months from the date of appointment or election to the board.
A handy guide to the payment of retirement fund contributions for trustees
What you should know about reporting, calculating penalty interest, the in duplum rule, and the employer’s liability.
Tribunal’s ruling highlights a principal officer’s reporting obligations
The decision highlights numerous irregularities at the Private Security Sector Provident Fund that were not reported to the FSCA.
FST ruling has ‘far-reaching implications’ for trustees, principal officers, says FSCA
The decision sets out how PSSPF board members racked up fees for meetings and ignored the fund’s procurement policy.
Harsh penalties for trustees for non-compliance with new reporting requirements
The offences relate to not recording information about beneficial ownership and service providers that are accountable institutions.
Trustees are in contravention of beneficial ownership regulations, says FISA
Trustees cannot be expected to have all the information within a few hours of the gazetting of the final regulations, it says.
Trusts are facing a multitude of new reporting requirements
Trustees will have to report directly to Sars, outside of the current trust tax return process, and before the trust tax return is due.
This is what Sars is doing to tighten its supervision of trusts
It also wants to address the inconsistent treatment of non-resident beneficiaries when capital gains are distributed.
What trustees should know about the amendments to the Trust Property Control Act
Among other things, trustees are obliged to keep adequate records in relation to beneficial ownership.
Changes to Trust Property Control Act may be overturned by the courts
One of the unforeseen consequences could be the premature acquisition of rights.
‘Interrogate a guardian’s circumstances before deciding where to pay a death benefit’
A beneficiary fund should not be the default choice when a retirement fund pays out a death benefit due to minor beneficiaries, but trustees must interrogate a guardian’s circumstances and intentions before making […]
