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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The group risk market has been “consistently under-pricing” premiums for pandemics, and Sanlam hopes that “more rational pricing” will prevail in future, Sanlam’s financial director, Abigail Mukhuba, said during the group’s annual results […]
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has allowed only R1.1 billion of the R2.9bn claimed by taxpayers for home-office expenses, Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter told a meeting of Parliament’s finance committees this month. In […]
Insurers are disputing or rejecting an increasing number of motor vehicle accident claims on the grounds that the insured was speeding, and consumers should be made aware of the implications of the reasonable […]
A fifth wave of Covid-19 could hit South Africa in April or May, but Discovery thinks it is unlikely that it will be more severe than previous waves, says group’s chief executive, Adrian […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has set aside the debarment of a representative and declined to refer the matter back to the FSP for reconsideration, because the tribunal had no confidence that the FSP […]
Pensioners who belong to the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) will receive a 5.5% pension increase on 1 April. Pensioners who retired on or before 1 April 2021 will receive the full increase, […]
The South Africa Reserve Bank has appointed deputy governor Fundi Tshazibana as the chief executive of the Prudential Authority (PA), in a rotation of deputy governor positions, the SARB said in a statement […]
My colleague Mark Bechard’s article on the increase in rejected claims because of reckless driving raises a few interesting questions about the possible use of technology when investigating such claims. The Ombudsman for Short-term […]
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has “a long way to go” before its service reached an acceptable level and it was “striving hard” to strike a better balance between customer service and risk […]
The PSG Group plans to unbundle its investments and delist from the JSE in an attempt to reduce the 30% discount at which its shares trade to the value of the group’s underlying […]
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has yet to take action against those responsible for the losses incurred by investors in Corporate Money Managers (CMM), although the matter was brought its attention in 2017. […]
While most major global markets ended in the red, mining sector stocks drove the FTSE/JSE All Share Index 2.4% higher in February. The Alsi is up 3.2% so far this year. Diversified miners, […]
“We need to have a serious debate about raising taxes, because taxes are going to have to go up. There is no doubt about it in my mind,” Michael Sachs, the deputy chairman […]
The FSCA has published a draft conduct standard on the requirements for providing a benchmark in South Africa. This follows the publication in September last year by National Treasury of draft regulations that […]
The Prudential Authority (PA) has lost its urgent application to replace Yashoda Ram as the provisional curator of 3Sixty Life, with the Gauteng High Court ruling on Thursday that the regulator had “adopted […]
Millions of rands in insurance premiums paid by members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) were siphoned from life insurer 3Sixty Life to prop up other Numsa-owned companies between 2017 […]
