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Decoding COFI: How Masthead is helping members to prepare

15 May 2024

The COFI Bill has sparked significant concern among independent financial advisors (IFAs), and many smaller advisory firms have been told that they’ll struggle to adapt. However, with the right preparation, IFAs can successfully adjust to COFI’s regulatory changes.

Decoding COFI: Navigating the new licensing landscape

14 May 2024

Amid the many facets of COFI that will reshape the financial industry, a big focus is the new licensing framework, which is a substantial departure from the existing system.

Direct marketing and POPIA: What you need to know

14 May 2024

In February, the Information Regulator issued a noteworthy enforcement notice against the training institution FT Rams Consulting following a complaint regarding the company’s direct marketing practices.

Regulators to the left, regulators to the right…

07 May 2024

If you watched the 2009 flick ‘The Blind Side’ then you should be familiar with the poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The third stanza of the poem reads ‘Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered’ … the poem documents the plight of 670 hapless British Light Cavalry Brigade conscripts who charged into a much larger force of Russian soldiers during the Crimean War.

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Question

If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

Answer

2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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