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.

Shifts in the Liability Insurance Landscape

Political challenges in our country and its consequences for our economy has taken over most of the headlines in the first quarter of 2017 but recent news events like the Ford Kuga recall […]

Demarcation of health insurance products

The demarcation debate started when the Council for Medical Schemes stated that the so called “hospital plan” insurance products contravened the Medical Schemes Act. What is a medical scheme? Medical schemes are non-profit […]

Legislative Instruments under the FSR Bill

In an informative assessment of the Financial Sector Regulation Bill, Alan Holton, an associate of Moonstone Compliance, wrote: “The Bill makes provision for the Prudential Authority and Financial Sector Conduct Authority to create […]

Gap Filling for Tied Agents

In case you thought this may be a rather painful dissertation on what a dentist does, think again. In the Retail Distribution Review, the Regulator aims to provide for situations where tied agents, […]

Investment Failure was not Reasonably Foreseeable

The FSB’s Appeal Board came to an interesting decision in the last case published in 2016. This was an appeal against two previous decisions against a FSP by the FAIS Ombud in a […]

Important Proposals on Regulatory Changes

Revised Draft Default Regulations on Lowering Charges and Improving Market Conduct for Retirement Funds: National Treasury today publishes a second draft of the retirement funds default regulations, made in terms of section 36 […]

Proposed “conduct of business” regulatory reforms

The 7th Insurance Regulatory Seminar is one event not to miss if you are involved in the financial services industry. This year’s seminar was certainly packed with important information. There can be no […]

Income Earners underinsured for death and disability

The families of South Africa’s 14 million income earners face a combined insurance shortfall of R28.8 trillion should these breadwinners die or become disabled. This amounts to an insurance gap – the difference between […]

Draft Demarcation Regulations tabled in Parliament

On Friday, 28 October 2016, draft Demarcation Regulations were published on which types of contracts are regulated under the LTIA and STIA as health policies and accident and health policies, and accordingly excluded […]

POPI becomes a Reality

The proposed amendments to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA), which is still awaiting signature by the President, takes on significant meaning in view of the court action instituted by the Minister of […]

The Future of Compliance

The basis of mutual trust, which is a cardinal principle of insurance and assurance, also applied to the relationship between financial services product providers and the regulatory authorities up to the end of […]

Due Diligence Revisited

The Appeal Board recently ruled on a determination by the FAIS Ombud on a complaint regarding an investment in the ill-fated Bluezone property syndication. Last week we commented on the observation by the […]

Business Continuity and Succession Planning – Part II

In Part I we discussed the close relationship between the two elements, stating that succession planning could be considered a subset of business continuity planning, and how the TCF requirements added a dimension […]

Business Continuity and Succession Planning – Part I

We recently published a brief summary of an article on the buying and selling of financial services practices that appeared on an Australian website. The owner of Centurion Market Makers discussed the two […]

FSP Expectations from Product Providers

A landmark research report from Insight Discovery shows what IFAs expect from LISPs and asset management companies. Market intelligence firm Insight Discovery released its second South African Investment Panorama (SAIP), a survey of […]