FSCA publishes report on project to deregister retirement funds
Authority says mistakes were made, but they were rectified.
Authority says mistakes were made, but they were rectified.
Outstanding issues will be finalised later this year.
Conduct Standard 1 of 2022 aims to help eradicate non-payment of retirement fund contributions by employers.
FSCA has taken steps after considering the statutory manager’s report.
FSCA implements notice exempting funds from certain qualifying criteria in Board Notice 75.
FSCA says enhancements to the online submission process will result in faster turnaround times.
FSCA proposes consolidated prudential standard for financial reporting requirements.
The amendments to regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act take effect on January 3.
The exemption does away with the R50 000 average-benefit-per-member threshold and caps the membership threshold at 100.
Delays in payment of withdrawal benefits and employers’ failure to pay contributions continue unabated, says Lukhaimane
It is clear that the FSCA does not lightly withdraw an asset manager’s licence in view of the possible consequences for investors, yet there comes a time when there appears to be no […]
The FSCA is taking a number of steps to encourage retirement funds to invest in green and other ESG investments.
An estimated R88.56 billion in unclaimed assets are held by institutions across the financial sector. However, the FSCA says the amount might be far higher because there is no common understanding of what […]
There are things former retirement fund members and their beneficiaries can do to make it more likely they will be paid an unclaimed benefit due to them. By the end of last year, […]
South Africans are increasingly mobile, either working abroad, staying abroad for extended periods, or opting to retire outside of South Africa. This has increased the focus on foreign pension products because South African […]
Blessing Utete, the managing executive of Old Mutual Corporate Consultants, spoke to Mark Bechard, the managing editor of Moonstone publications, about National Treasury’s draft legislation for the two-pot retirement system. Read: Treasury publishes […]
An increase of R39 billion in the value of household debt and a decrease of R1.19 trillion in the value of household assets saw South Africans’ wealth (expressed in current prices) decrease by […]