ASISA says its members are working flat out to be ready for ‘two pots’
DA MP takes Old Mutual to task for comments suggesting the 1 September implementation date ‘may slip’.
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Lapses and surrenders fell slightly in 2023, while consumers purchased more risk and savings policies than they did in 2022.
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Hedge funds saw robust inflows for the second consecutive year, according to recent data released by ASISA.
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Life offices and asset managers exceed B-BBEE ownership targets, but face hurdles with employment equity targets, ASISA report finds.
Assets held by collective investment schemes reach new record high
ASISA attributes the growth to market performance and net inflows of R110 billion over the 12 months to the end of December 2023.
Adrian Burke takes the helm as acting chief executive of Asisa
Amid a leadership transition at the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa, veteran insurance industry figure Adrian Burke steps in as acting CEO.
Industry and organised labour respond to new proposed two-pot date
All stakeholders emphasise the need to finalise the amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Pension Funds Act.
Asisa’s chief executive leaves to ‘pursue other opportunities’
Busisa Jiya’s departure comes less than two years after his appointment.
Asisa statistics reveal the main source of insurance policy fraud
Sales fraud, where intermediaries write-up policies without clients’ knowledge to earn commission, constituted 57% of all fraud cases in 2022.
Average living annuity drawdown rate falls in 2022
Asisa says it is encouraging that the 2.5% to 5% drawdown rate made up the biggest income band by number of policies.
Two pots: MPs envisage staggered implementation
The finance committee’s decision seems, in part, to be based on the assumption that some fund administrators will be ready to ‘go live’ on 1 March next year.
