Will medical schemes adhere to an inflation-linked tariff hike?

The Council for Medical Schemes has advised medical schemes to limit their contribution increases for 2025 to 4.4% plus ‘reasonable’ utilisation estimates.

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Changes to Regulatory Exam Questions

The long anticipated amended “Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2017” was finally printed in December last year. The amended determination comes into effect on 1 April 2018. The competence requirements […]

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Key Individual Operational Ability

The Fit and Proper Requirements 2017 published recently, also provides stipulations on operational ability. Billy Seyffert, COO of Moonstone Compliance and Risk Management, pointed out an important consideration for Key Individuals: A FSP […]

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Continuous Professional Development

Under the old dispensation, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) was the third leg of the journey towards becoming a true professional, after successfully completing the level 1 and 2 regulatory examinations. Now that the level 2 […]

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Guidance on reappointment of debarred reps

A newly published document by the Registrar attempts to address some of the practical problems experienced in the past. “16. The frequency of representative complaints reported to the Registrar’s office, and the intensity […]

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Appeal Board Reduces Debarment Period

A recent case before the FSB Appeal Board saw the period of debarment halved which is an interesting deviation from previous views held by the Board on its powers to interfere in decisions […]

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Update on legislative changes in 2018

The Insurance Conduct Workshops held in Pretoria and Cape Town in December 2017 were very informative and provided a good update of the current and future regulatory landscape. Those unable to attend are advised […]

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Festive season greetings

This year, which is speeding to an end, has arguably been the busiest in my 40 years in the industry. The latest batch of legislative changes envisaged for the next six months is […]

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FICA Update

FAIS Newsletter 25 from the FSB is dedicated to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act and, more specifically, to substantial changes which came into effect in June and October. The amendments are designed to […]

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Proposed closure of Pension Funds

The Registrar of Pension Funds published Notice 4 of 2017 which gave notice of its intention to cancel a substantial number of funds in response to applications from fund administrators. Any person aggrieved by […]

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Compliance is an ongoing requirement

The importance of having systems in place to ensure compliance was illustrated this week in a notice from the FSB Enforcement Committee. Rule 5.1(a)(i) of the PPR Rules require that a registered entity […]

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