Clients whose financial habits have been moulded by sound advice over many years are unlikely to act irresponsibly now, says Fairbairn’s Guy Holwill.
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An article in Businesstech warns vehicle owners against two new schemes devised by fraudsters to steal your vehicle. The Insurance Crime Bureau (ICB) has recently issued a vehicle recall scam alert following a […]
Employers seeking an appropriate response to the civil unrest and public looting in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and other parts of South Africa will have to consider different factual circumstances, says Webber Wentzel in a […]
An article in last Thursday’s Moonstone Monitor made mention of claims by the MD of state-owned Sasria that it had more than sufficient cash reserves to honour claims. He is also quoted as […]
An article in Businesstech quotes the Free Market Foundation as saying that South Africa will need to make serious tax changes to be able to afford its proposed National Health Insurance (NHI). Funding […]
With extreme looting hogging the headlines, many people are asking whether losses are covered by their short-term insurance. This will, yet again, be something that we will have to educate the masses on […]
The latest FSCA newsletter provides details of this very important oversight body, established in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act. This Act requires financial institutions to be a member of an industry […]
The latest FSCA newsletter provides details of this very important oversight body, established in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act. This Act requires financial institutions to be a member of an industry […]
An FSCA press release on 8 July contains details of hefty administrative sanctions imposed on Momentum Wealth (Pty) Ltd and Momentum Collective Investments RF (Pty) Ltd for failing to comply with FICA requirements. […]
A Fin24 article relates how the private sector has joined the race to get the nation to herd immunity status as soon as possible. “As South Africa races against time amid a wildly […]
A prominent article in my early morning paper contained rather scathing comment on the short-term insurance industry, claiming that it was making a profit while its clients were languishing because their claims were […]
A prominent article in my early morning paper contained rather scathing comment on the short-term insurance industry, claiming that it was making a profit while its clients were languishing because their claims were […]
Filing season opened on 1 July 2021, with a significant number of taxpayers being assessed automatically. Key dates to diarise: 1 July to 23 November 2021 – for non-provisional taxpayers filing online. 16 […]
A Cape Argus article dated 24 June 2021 relates the details of a short-term insurance client who is suing his broker for negligence in failing to effect insurance against business interruption, leading to […]
Some of the highlights from survey concerns suspended contributions, a decrease in fund members and greater focus on wellness. It also notes the impact of the default regulations introduced in 2019. Suspended contributions […]
Some of the highlights from survey concerns suspended contributions, a decrease in fund members and greater focus on wellness. It also notes the impact of the default regulations introduced in 2019. Suspended contributions […]
“There is something that has been bugging me since 2004”, writes Andró Griessel on the Netwerk24 website, “and that is the so-called early termination charges on contractual savings plans.” (My translation) Griessel states […]
