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Inseta Preparation Workshops

The workshops, aimed at assisting those who had difficulty in passing the level 1 regulatory exams, will run from 22 January to 19 February 2013. The FSB circular 13 of 2012 indicated that […]

This is a follow-up circular to FAIS circular 12/2012 distributed on 7 December 2012. The purpose of this circular is to communicate information regarding the following: Additional information regarding the extension of the […]

Avoid Losing your Licence!

On 5 December, the first “Notification of Intention to Suspend Authorisation” (NISA) letters were sent to those people who, according to the FSB’s information, failed to write the required regulatory exams at least […]

Final Date to register!

The final date for registration to write in this calendar year is this coming Thursday, 29 November, to write on 13 December. Your first exam opportunity in 2013 is on 14 January. Please […]

FSB/ Inseta Regulatory Exam Preparation Workshops:

The final date for registration is next Friday, 16 November 2012. This is your final reminder. For more information, please click here.

Worrying Facts

A number of people, cleverer than I, had a lot to say about the latest statistics released by the FSB. I battled to get the sums to tally, not having been exposed to […]

FSB’s Circular – RE Roundup

FSB Circular 10 of 2012, provided figures on the number of FSPs who did not attempt to write the exams before 30 June 2012. The total number of candidates who did not write […]

FSB/Inseta Rewrite Workshops

I found the following information on the Inseta website: The FSB announced a further extension to the deadline for the Level 1 Regulatory Exams for those candidates who wrote before 30 June 2012, […]

Get the Bigger Picture

We still receive many enquiries from candidates who are at their wits ends, having attempted to pass the exams on several occasions. What is particularly sad is when they share what this does […]

FSB RE Preparation Workshop confusion

We received several enquiries about these workshops from readers. Please can you advise if you have any news regarding the workshop in respect of the RE 5 on the complexity of the Questions […]

When can you expect your results?

A number of people expressed unhappiness about the further extension of the final date for successful completion of the level 1 REs for key individuals and reps. Perhaps we should adopt the view […]

Reaction to RE Postponement

We received a number of responses to the special mailing on Friday. Some commentators were angry, others understanding. Piet skryf: Hi Paul, ek is dankbaar vir van my mede bemarkers, maar dankbaar ek […]

The Price of Procrastination

I received a call from a broker a few weeks ago: R: I am writing on the 28th of September, and mark my words, if I do not pass, there will be hell […]

Extension of Deadline for RE's

The Financial Services Board (FSB) has today decided to extend the deadline by which persons that fall under the exemption previously granted by the FSB under Board Notice 61 of 2012 were required […]

Final RE registration date

The final date for registration for those who wish to write the level 1 RE’s before the end of September, is Monday,17 September. We added an extra day to the original schedule. The […]

RE Results

As we near the final cut-off date for FSPs who have yet to write (and pass) the exams before 30 September, one can sense the anxiety in the enquiries we receive. Please know […]