SARS pays back R10bn, but some taxpayers’ refunds are being withheld

Taxpayers should inform SARS if they have been unemployed for a full year or longer, to avoid being flagged as non-compliant.

Causal Event Charges Challenged – Part III

In search of the modern investments’ Holy Grail, better known as the calculation of causal event charges, we came across an interesting new perspective on the matter. A broker that I spoke to […]

Causal Event Charges Challenged – Part I

We recently came across an example of just how loaded the dice are against clients wishing to effect section 14 transfers. When requesting a quote for such a transfer, the client was informed […]

POPI and your FSP Part I

Despite a lot of early fanfare, little mention was recently made of this important piece of legislation which is bound to impact on each FSP. This overview is, by its nature, very brief […]

The Journey Towards Greater Client Centricity

By Florence de Vries It is no secret that, in a few years’ time, only today’s general insurance game-changers will be left standing. Research shows that today’s insurance customer is discerning, time-poor and […]

Cost Estimates of Twin Peaks

A huge amount of documentation was published last week by the National Treasury, providing an update on its views on feedback on the Financial Sector Regulation Bill. One document reported the findings of […]

2017 Budget for Regulatory Exams

A number of our corporate clients are in the process of planning for 2017, and have made enquiries as regards the regulatory exams. Cost Increases In the nearly six years we have only […]

FSP FICA Obligations

There appears to be a fair amount of uncertainty about what exactly a financial adviser’s obligations under the Financial Intelligence Centre Act are. I suspect that, in many instances, many would rather NOT […]

Debarment overturned by Board of Appeal

The Board was recently tasked with reviewing a decision by the Registrar to debar Ms LA Teixeira for 5 years and to withdraw the authorisation of her business. The grounds for the Registrar’s […]

FAIS Ombud – Harten Determination

This complaint was originally dismissed by the FAIS Ombud on the basis that there was no reasonable prospect of success. The client reverted to the Board of Appeal who ruled that the Ombud’s […]

Client’s right to approach Appeal Board

A recent ruling by the FAIS Ombud sheds light on the right of a client to approach the FSB Appeal Board if dissatisfied with a decision by the Ombud. In the Harten determination, […]

Importance of full disclosure at application stage

A recent Appeal Board case underlines the importance of full and frank disclosure during the licence application process. In the original determination, the FSP and its two members, Ms S and Ms C […]

FAIS Ombud Complaints Dismissals

Three recent determinations by the FAIS Ombud varied from what one has become accustomed to over the years. Cornelissen The Cornelissen case, which hinged around a dispute regarding the calculation of costs, concluded […]

Ponzis and Pyramids Explained

Most financial advisers do not have a wealth of sympathy with clients who allow greed to cloud their judgment when a scheme which sounds “too good to be true” becomes available. In the […]

Is Criticism of FSR Bill Justified? By Alan Holton

Does the proposed Financial Sector Regulation Bill really “…violate the Constitution, the doctrine of the separation of powers and the rule of law…”? Mr Martin van Staden is a law student at the […]

Ombud holds Insurer liable for Sharemax loss

During September 2009 James Wallace, the complainant, consulted his Momentum representative, Ian Marais, about investing his mother’s money as well as some of his own. His seventy year old mother resided in the […]