Conventional wisdom says that living expenses rise uniformly with inflation, so many financial plans are based simply on that. But analysing the spending patterns of retirees shows us that the data tells a different story.
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The FSCA’s assumption that an FSP had not responded to one of its questions contributed to its decision to debar him. But a pack of documents the FSP sent the FSCA landed up […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has reiterated that a retirement fund cannot withhold a benefit if only a criminal case has been instituted against a member. In fact, even if the member has […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) as upheld the FSCA’s decision to debar a life insurance representative who admitted that she submitted unauthorised policy applications but subsequently sought to qualify her admission. What is […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has upheld a determination by the Pension Funds Adjudicator that a security guard who lost the use of his right arm following a shooting did not qualify for […]
“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.” – Henny Youngman This reflects how I feel lately when scanning a variety of publications every day to stay abreast of […]
The Financial Services Tribunal (FST) has upheld a reconsideration application by an FSP whose clients invested in a Sharemax-managed property syndication scheme, saying his provision of inappropriate advice did not necessarily mean he […]
A former Nedbank employee whose withdrawal benefit was withheld has failed to convince the Financial Services Tribunal (FST) to have the Pension Funds Adjudicator reconsider her decision to dismiss his complaint. At Nedbank’s […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has dismissed an application by a fund member’s daughter to have the allocation of her late father’s entire death benefit to her mother reconsidered on, among other grounds, that […]
The case for debarring a representative must be established on a balance of probability, not prima facie findings, the Financial Services Tribunal (FST) said when it upheld a representative’s application for his debarment […]
The FSCA has agreed to reconsider the R50 million penalty it imposed on Mirror Trading International (MTI) for conducting unregistered financial services business in contravention of the FAIS Act. The Financial Services Tribunal […]
If you are at the receiving end of an adverse decision by a financial services regulator, you should make use of your right to request reasons for the decision, because this may result […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has dismissed an application, with costs, by Overanet Investments to have the JSE reconsider its decision to refuse to cancel a share trade that, Overanet alleged, was entered into […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has declined an FSP’s request for reconsideration of the FSCA’s refusal to exempt him from the Fit and Proper Requirements on the grounds of financial hardship. In 2020, George […]
A representative conspired with a client in an attempt to have the complaint against him withdrawn, the Financial Services Tribunal said in its decision to uphold his debarment. Sanlam Developing Markets (SDM) debarred […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has ordered the Pension Funds Adjudicator to reopen a complaint against Old Mutual involving the alleged conversion of a policy to an annuity without the client’s consent. The Adjudicator […]
Access to free informal dispute resolution mechanisms was guaranteed to attract the attention of those with nothing to lose. Two recent decisions by the Financial Services Tribunal confirm the lengths to which some […]
