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On 23 February Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan took to the podium to announce South Africa’s 2012 National Budget. What does the country’s first “trillion rand” budget hold for savers and investors?
There is great confusion around both the intention and content of the Level 2 Regulatory Examinations (RE). To date we know that all representatives will be affected by these exams in some way. What is unclear is how?
In the February edition of FANews we looked at the overall “shape” of the Treating Clients Fairly (TCF) regime and discussed the first of six outcomes, the fair treatment of customers. It is now time to look at Outcome 2 which deals with products and services...
The impact of the 2012 National Budget will be analysed for some time. Right now financial advisers and their clients can bank on the retirement annuity (RA) being a more effective retirement planning and savings vehicle than ever before...
If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?