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Exchange control and the Shuttleworth litigation

02 February 2015

South Africa still has, strangely enough, exchange controls limiting the ability of residents to invest their own money outside of South Africa. This limits residents’ ability to diversify the country risk.

Demarcating the demarcation debate

03 November 2014

Insurance is a complex discipline, as are most issues of health funding. It is important, in complex matters, to isolate the issues so that each of these can be addressed and once this is done, holistic solutions can be found. The issues need to be demarcated. Unfortunately this does not happen often.

Claiming from new owners, old owners debts

01 October 2014

In most countries municipal tax issues generally do not receive much attention. In South Africa, however, there are a number of matters of considerable concern regarding municipal cash gathering. We now look at one example.

The parable of the lost money and short-term regulation

01 August 2014

Years ago a joke was doing the rounds and recall that it is said that there is much truth in jest. This is true of this joke. Because of its relevance, we call it the parable of the lost money;a story containing significant lessons.

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As an adviser reading this article, which discipline do you find most important for retirement planning?

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Are we becoming a lawless country?

02 June 2014

The racehorse and the falcon

01 April 2014

The end of filing annual tax returns

03 February 2014

Natural rights and the right to contract on commission

01 November 2013

Nationalisation by regulators

01 October 2013

Following a mistake?

01 August 2013

The insurance industry faces a new problem: The rule of law

03 June 2013

Distribution of pension assets on the death of the member

01 April 2013

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