Taxpayers should inform SARS if they have been unemployed for a full year or longer, to avoid being flagged as non-compliant.
Read moreAn alert Moonstone compliance officer advised us of an outfit calling themselves Legal Centre who are employing dubious marketing tactics to make money out of unsuspecting individuals and businesses. They are punting PAIA […]
Springpoint Finance (Pty) Ltd is launching a pioneering service aimed at ultimately bringing the client and the financial advisor together, through an extensive consumer awareness and educational campaign in the printed and electronic […]
At the end of 2011, the FSB invited various industry bodies, representing both product providers and intermediaries, to respond to proposals on how remuneration could be “reformed” to ensure that it was fair […]
TCF is closer than we think. It appears to be on the FSB’s radar screen already, despite expectations that it will only become a reality next year. In an article we published on […]
On Monday, we discussed the process employed at Moonstone when assisting applicants with their licence applications. If you missed it, click here to download the article. On receipt of our application documents, the […]
An article titled Financial Services Sector: get ready to relicense, published in Moneyweb yesterday, will no doubt come as a huge shock to many people in the financial services industry. It appears that […]
I have been working in an insurance department in August 2010 until November 2011 then worked in a non-insurance department from December 2011 until June 2012. In July 2012 I have been working […]
The recent document updating the Medical Schemes Council policies and guidelines contained two items which may be of interest to readers. Orphan Client Allocation “…when a member has been admitted to a scheme […]
We picked up two interesting pieces of information from the Inseta website: An e-mail from careerwisup@gmail.com is doing the rounds, offering learners an Inseta Learnership at a price. Inseta says: “Learners are advised […]
The March edition of the ASISA publication “In the Loop” contains the following information regarding CPD developments: The FSB published a draft, redesigned, Determination of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) on 19 December 2011. […]
When last did you look at your licence document? You know, the one displayed against your wall, flanked by your RE1 and RE 5 certificates? Many people, when they first applied, added everything, […]
Die volgende aanhaling verskyn in die FSB se Voorbereidingsgids vir die Regulatoriese Eksamens: Die gewysigde geskikte en gepaste vereistes wat in 2008 aangekondig is, het die finansiële dienste bedryf aan ‘n nuwe konsep […]
One of the first determinations by the FAIS Ombud concerned a complaint against an advisor who said, in her defence, that she did not place a client’s funds in an investment that went […]
The second part of the DVD of the FSB telematic broadcast of 7 March covered the following topics: Profile changes: Contact details Add/amend.remove Representatives Directors/members.shareholder details Approval/removal of Key Individuals Online Submissions: […]
The March edition of the Bowman Gilfillan Financial Services Newsflash contains an article entitled Extension of Certain Exemptions Granted under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (FAIS). We reprint the article […]
Last week, we warned readers against training service providers who use Continuous Professional Development (CPD) credits as a means of selling their services to unsuspecting FSPs who are under the impression that it […]
