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Much has changed since King IV came into effect on 1 April 2017 but, says the chair of the King Committee, Ansie Ramalho, its principles and practices are expressed at a sufficiently high level of generality to empower boards to apply them in the current circumstances.
Since the announcement of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decision, to greylist South Africa, there has been a considerable amount of uncertainty of what this greylisting means for businesses and, in particular, accountable institutions.
The constant lament of long-suffering financial and risk advisers has finally found traction with the singling out of overregulation as the biggest problem in the regulation of the financial services sector, especially domestically. It took one of South Africa’s most respected insurance law practitioners less than five minutes to make this observation during an insightful presentation to the Insurance Institute of Gauteng (IIG) 2023 Industry Outlook webinar.
The business community faces various risks, with money laundering key among them and one of the most widely recognised.
The strongest deterrent against FSP compliance missteps is or should be: