FSCA fines Viva Cover and Comit Technologies
The FSCA has imposed penalties of R110 000 on both Viva Cover (Pty) Ltd and Comit Technologies (Pty) Ltd for contravening various provisions of the General Code of Conduct from November 2013 to […]
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Compliance reports don’t have to be submitted this year
The FSCA has decided that compliance officers or FSPs will not have to submit compliance reports this year. This was also the case from 2019 to 2021. This was one of the announcements […]
FSCA reissues exemptions from competency requirements for certain licence categories
In February, the FSCA published FSCA Communication 4 announcing that it is exempting FSPs, key individuals and representatives who operate in the credit life and funeral insurance space from some of the Fit […]
Licensing requirements for trading in derivatives, including CFDs
Having a FAIS licence does not mean that a trading platform can issue over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, including contracts for difference (CFDs), as principal in South Africa. To do this, the entity must have […]
Retirement funds can use Irba’s revised formats for their financial statements
The FSCA has exempted retirement funds from using the formats in Board Notice 77 when preparing financial statements as long as they use the revised report formats approved by the Independent Regulatory Board […]
FSCA agrees to reconsider R50m fine on Mirror Trading International
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 […]
Adding sugar to the Cofi?
Business Day reported on an FSCA briefing for the select committee on finance on Tuesday on the current status of the Conduct of Financial Institutions (Cofi) Bill. “The Treasury is processing the bill. […]
FSPs given until the end of May to complete crypto assets survey
The FSCA has given FSPs until 31 May to complete an electronic survey of their crypto-asset-related activities. The purpose of the survey is to assist the FSCA in obtaining a better understanding of […]
Cash-strapped FSP gets no relief from the tribunal
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 […]
Only 19% of South Africans are insured when funeral cover is excluded
Some 60% of South Africans report having an insurance product, and insurance penetration, measured using premiums as a percentage of GDP, was 13.7% in 2020 – one of the highest in the world, […]
Jump in retirement fund liquidation applications in 2020
The number of retirement funds applying for liquidation increased by 21.5% between 2019 and 2020 because of financial distress as members’ contributions fell when employers cut salaries or laid-off staff and businesses closed […]
FSCA is concerned about life insurance premium increases
The FSCA says it will continue to ensure that insurers adopt “a fair and balanced approach” towards premium increases, while taking into account the valuable role the insurance industry has played in difficult […]
Investors’ deposits used to pay withdrawals: chief executive fined R10m and debarred
The FSCA has fined the chief executive of Smart Billion Investments R10 million and debarred him for 10 years while another director was fined R500 000 and debarred for five years for contravening […]
Stretching the boundaries beyond credibility
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 […]
FSCA withdraws request for retirement funds to provide information on paid-up members
The FSCA has withdrawn its request for retirement funds to provide it with information, every three months, about their paid-up members and unclaimed benefits. Read: Funds given until 6 May to submit information […]
FSCA to exempt non-life brokers from clawbacks when a policy is voided because of non-disclosure
The FSCA has proposed amending the Short-term Insurance Act regulations to exempt independent intermediaries from commission clawbacks when a policy is voided because of material misrepresentation or non-disclosure by the policyholder. Regulation 5.4 […]
Auditor accused 3Sixty managers of ‘constructing evidence’
With new acting CEO Khandani Msibi at the helm in 2021 it might have seemed that the problems plaguing 3Sixty Life, the insurer owned by the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa), would be […]
