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Moonstone: FSB Fees Increase

25 November 2013 | Intermediaries / Brokers | General | Moonstone

A notice, published in the Government Gazette on 20 November 2013, formalised the increased fees payable to the FSB in respect of certain functions. Before we compare the new fees to the old, we must share some good news.

Those who wished to apply for an exemption in terms of the qualification and regulatory examination requirements were obliged to pay the full exemption application amount of R5 200. In terms of the new fee structure, the fee payable is only R1 500, but only in respect of the above two requirements. An application for any other exemption will now cost you R6 280 – an increase of 20.8%. As far as we are aware, you are still allowed to ask for an exemption from the fee payable for requesting an exemption.

The table below contains some of the more common occurrences in the lives of our readers. It is important to bear in mind that these fees were last updated in November 2010.

The fee for writing a regulatory exam, for instance, shows an increase from R900 to R1 050, or 16.7%, which brings the fee in line with the inflation rate over the preceding three years.

Some of the other increases are substantially higher. 




 





  Services required


 


 

 





  Old fee


 

 





  New fee


 

 





  % increase


 

 


Licensing and matters incidental
  thereto


 

 


Application for authorisation as a
  financial services provider (Cat I, Sole Proprietors, Cat IV)


 

 


R 1 690


 


 

 


R 2 180


 

 


29.0%


 

 


Application for authorisation as a
  Category II FSP.


 

 


R 10 360


 

 


R 13 180


 

 


27.2%


 

 


Application for authorisation as a
  Category IIA FSP


 

 


R 6 800


 

 


R 8 500


 

 


25.0%


 

 


Application for approval of a key
  individual.


 

 


R 935


 

 


R 1 180


 

 


26.2%


 

 


Application for exemption from any
  provision of the Act other than the qualification and regulatory examination
  requirements referred to in the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements
  for FSPs, 2008.


 

 


R 5 200


 

 


R 6 280


 

 


20.8%


 

 


Application for exemption from the
  qualification and regulatory examination requirements referred to in the
  Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for FSPs, 2008.


 

 


-


 

 


R 1 500


 

 


-


 

 


Application for approval as a
  compliance officer


 

 


Application for Phase I approval


 

 


R 1 060


 

 


R 1 350


 

 


27.4%


 

 


Regulatory Examinations


 

 


Examination fee per regulatory
  examination conducted in South Africa.


 

 


R 900


 

 


* R 1050


 

 


16.7%


 

 


Examination fee per regulatory
  examination conducted in a country other than South Africa.


 

 


-


 

 


£ 200


 

 


-


 


Please click here to download the relevant notice.


 

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