RE Focus: Why do I keep on failing?
We regularly receive desperate calls for advice from candidates who have repeatedly failed the level 1 regulatory examination. Perhaps we should start off with the bigger picture – on Tuesday, we heard from […]
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These communication sessions offer the industry an opportunity to communicate directly with the Regulator on practical matters. When I looked at the registration page this morning, there were still a number of empty […]
Enforcement Committee: Ogre or Opportunity?
We briefly touched on this topic in a previous article FSB Enforcement Committee. In this article we expand on the actual workings of the Enforcement Committee, and provide information that will stand you […]
Debarment under the Loop
A recent finding in a high court case in Port Elizabeth, serves as a timely reminder to Key Individuals and Compliance Officers to be very circumspect when debarring a representative. A representative, who […]
“Services under Supervision” – What does this entail?
The clear indication by the FSB that it has no intention of extending the final date for passing the regulatory examinations has caused quite a flurry in the industry. Coupled with the recently […]
How not to complete your answer sheet
Candidates can save themselves a lot of despair (and money) by paying attention to a few basic rules when they write the exams. This week, I saw a copy of an answer […]
Future Income Loss to FSB
We received a fair amount of all kinds of calculations, based on the FSB statistics. One that differed from the rest considered the financial impact on the FSB’s income, should the pass rate […]
Afrikaanse Eksamens
Die eerste uitslae is verlede week bekend gemaak, maar slegs die Raad op Finansiële Dienste (RFD) mag statistieke hieroor bekend maak. Ons wil egter graag ‘n dringende beroep doen op diegene wat die […]
Registration Deadline
The national inclination to defer matters of a less pleasant nature to the very last minute is not unique to our industry, but also not foreign to it. I recall how, in 2004, […]
Letters from readers
In today’s article we share three pieces of correspondence. E-mail 1: This mail, dated 15 December, was sent to the FSB: People are talking about a test that has to be done by […]
Study Material for the RE's
It appears that a lot of questions we receive every day are based on hearsay, speculation or inappropriate reference to available resources. At the risk of sounding like a recording, we have to […]
Why are Level 1 questions not Industry specific?
A number of candidates complained that the Level 1 REs contain questions not related to their sector of the industry. It is common knowledge that the Level 2 REs will be product specific. […]
