Moonstone Compliance is excited to announce that registration for the popular annual regulatory update workshop will open soon. This year the annual event will go virtual and the webinar will be hosted on […]
A Fin24 report notes that Old Mutual has joined the other major insurers who opted to either provide interim financial relief or come to a settlement agreement with their business interruption customers. The […]
As a result of the President’s announcement of a total lockdown, our Dedicated Response team has implemented more aggressive components of our Business Continuity Plan to further assist in the containment of the […]
The FSCA recently published various RDR (Retail Distribution Review) discussion documents for comment. One of the documents provides specific updates and requests input on several aspects of the adviser categorisation model. Purpose of […]
Just before year end, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) published FSCA Communication 2 of 2018: Update on the future of the premium collection regulatory framework under the Short- and Long-term Insurance Acts. […]
Just before year end, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) published FSCA Communication 2 of 2018: Update on the future of the premium collection regulatory framework under the Short- and Long-term Insurance Acts. […]
If there was ever any doubt about just how serious the world is about money laundering and related crimes, this was dispelled by the recent example of Australia’s Commonwealth Bank agreeing to a […]
The amended requirements contained in the 2017 Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements will have a substantial impact on the content of the study material for the REs. The FSB’s FAIS Information Circular […]
At the end of last year’s Insurance update from the FSB, Jonathan Dixon said: “We had better fasten our safety belts – this is going to be rough year”, or words to that […]
A recent article in “Die Burger” reports on the first liquidation and distribution accounts in respect of the Herman Pretorius/Relative Value Arbitrage Fund matter. In total, the RVAF handled investments totalling R2.2 billion, and […]
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Act has been amended with the first set of provisions coming into effect on 13 June 2017. These provisions do not have any effect on accountable institutions. The next set […]
We reported last week on the publication of proposed amendments to the Regulations made under the Long-term Insurance Act, 1998 (“LTIA”) and the Short-term Insurance Act, 1998 (“STIA”) for public comment. This included […]
The RDR status review, published in December 2016, contained the following information concerning short term remuneration, and specifically regarding additional fees currently charged under section 8(5) of the Short Term Insurance Act. (f) Proposal […]
The information contained in the update published in December is divided into seven “Themes”. This article provides a summary of some of the points discussed in Theme 2: Investments. At the end of the […]
Background Up to the end of the previous century, regulation of financial services was by and large left in the hands of the industry itself. The advent of consumerism and money laundering, amongst […]
