Taxpayers should inform SARS if they have been unemployed for a full year or longer, to avoid being flagged as non-compliant.
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The lower income sector of the financial services industry regularly makes the headlines, for all the wrong reasons. A funeral parlour, who conducted business from November 2008 to August 2013 without being duly registered with […]
Alan Holton of Compliance Monitoring Systems, and a Moonstone Compliance associate, continues his in-depth look at this very contentious issue from a legal perspective. The FSB produced a GUIDELINE ON THE DEBARMENT PROCESS […]
This is the third and final article in a series by Alan Holton of Compliance Monitoring Systems, and a Moonstone Compliance associate, on this very contentious issue. What is a possible remedy? It […]
DM writes as follows: I read through your interesting article concerning restraint of trade conditions. This is a subject I believe should be addressed in much more detail. I am in a situation […]
The recently published status update on phase 1 of the RDR proposals provided insight into the Regulator’s thinking after receiving feedback from the industry on two proposals contained in the original RDR discussion […]
The FSB approved the first collective investment schemes in hedge funds after announcing its concern a few months ago that it had not received any applications from such schemes. The new schemes, one […]
The latest PWC study titled Insurance 2020 & beyond: Necessity is the mother of reinvention, provides important insights into how technology will empower and shape the financial services industry in future. The information […]
As the implementation of RDR draws closer, financial advisers around South Africa are putting a great deal of thought and effort into their plans to adapt to the new requirements. There are ongoing […]
The FSB published its Retail Distribution Review (RDR) discussion document, which contained a total of 55 specific regulatory proposals, in November 2014. A subset of 14 RDR proposals was identified for implementation in “Phase […]
A presentation at the FSB Insurance Regulatory Seminar provided practical insight into what we can expect from market conduct supervision when the new regulatory body is in place. We are rapidly approaching the […]
A comprehensive update on the Retail Distribution Review will be published in the next two weeks. A glimpse into what this will entail was presented at the FSB Insurance Regulatory Seminar in Cape […]
The announcement of changes in the tax treatment of provident funds led to a flurry of resignations and withdrawals from members of such funds who feared that their ability to withdraw all their […]
Die FSB het aangekondig dat die Afrikaanse regulatoriese eksamens nie na 30 November 2015 beskikbaar sal wees nie. Volledige besoderhede is vervat in Fais Circular 5/2015. Slegs Moonstone bied die eksamen aan. Om te registreer, besoek asseblief […]
The latest issue of the Short-term “Ombudsman’s Briefcase” contains an interesting case which highlights again the difficulty of complying with varying interpretations by overseeing bodies. We recently commented on two FAIS Ombud determinations […]
The survey for the second quarter of 2015 reflects the unweighted average confidence of four segments of financial services, namely: Retail banking Investment banking Asset management and Life insurance The EY Financial Sector […]
INSETA opened a special funding window for those wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity to get financial assistance for learners in their employ. Please complete the prerequisite survey by clicking on this […]
