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Mother fails in bid to claim all of son’s death benefit for herself

06 January 2017 | PFA - Pension Fund Adjudicator

A child born two days before her father’s death has qualified to share in the death benefit on the basis of being a dependant by virtue of being the child of the deceased.

FSB: Retail Distribution Review (RDR) status update as at December 2016

06 January 2017 | Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) (was FSB)

The Financial Services Board (FSB) has published a status update on progress with implementing the proposals of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

5 things to do before closing for the December holidays

09 December 2016 | General

This time of the year in the wild and wonderful world of compliance, we usually see an influx of draft or issued information letters and requests, directives, board notices and the like from the regulator.

A pension fund must consider personal factors

09 December 2016 | PFA - Pension Fund Adjudicator

A pension fund must take into account the personal circumstances of beneficiaries when distributing the proceeds of a death benefit, says Pension Funds Adjudicator, Muvhango Lukhaimane.

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