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Consumer power: Intermediary association to reveal South Africa’s best financial services brands, as rated by brokers and advisers

26 May 2015

Stakeholders in the financial services industry are looking forward to the 2015 Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA) Awards gala dinner, to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on the 4th of June 2015.

Get rich quick schemes turn greedy ‘investors’ into ‘suckers’ every time

19 May 2015

The Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA) would like to warn consumers against wasting their money on so-called ‘get rich quick’ schemes.

FIA successfully lobbies DoH re medical schemes broker fees

07 April 2015

Trade association successfully lobbies Department of Health to ensure annual review of medical scheme broker fees

Association warns against knee-jerk reactions to “work in progress” legislation

23 January 2015

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) discussion paper published by the Financial Services Board (FSB) on 7 November 2014 proposes far-reaching reforms to the regulatory framework for distributing retail financial products to local consumers.

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The FIA stance on broker duties

15 January 2015

FIA welcomes the publication of the RDR discussion paper – now the hard work begins!

11 November 2014

FIA roadshows highlight the important role of intermediaries

01 September 2014

Bluestream’s consistent research underpins the FIA benchmark survey for a ninth consecutive year

06 June 2014

Intermediary association prepares to honour South Africa’s top financial services product suppliers

05 June 2014

Keeping a close watch on international intermediary trends

20 February 2014

Taking steps towards a proactive industry