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Overall tax cost and compliance burden lower for businesses around the world: World Bank and PwC Report

27 November 2014

Paying taxes has become easier over the past year for medium-sized companies around the world, according to a new report released by the World Bank and PwC today. The time it takes such a company to meet its tax obligations dropped by four hours on average in 2013, according to the Paying Taxes, 2015 study. The report also discloses that the average total tax rate such a company paid and the number of payments also declined. This is a trend seen every year over the ten-year period covered by the publication.

SA Family Business Survey - 18 November

11 November 2014

New economic pressures are forcing SA’s family businesses to re-think their strategies and take some tough decisions. This is sharpening the tension already inherent in the family business model between family concerns on the one hand, and business objectives on the other. Furthermore, recent economic pressures have disrupted business and forced many family businesses to restructure their businesses.

SA professionals feel the pinch of bleak economic outlook - Survey

05 November 2014

South Africa’s graduate professionals’ confidence levels across a number of socio-economic issues has declined in the third quarter of 2014, according to the latest results from the 2014 PPS Professional Confidence Index (PCI). The overall confidence level recorded by the PCI, which included almost 3 500 graduate professional respondents, has dropped by seven percentage points to 52% since the first quarter of the year.

Annual global EY survey finds organisations are still unprepared for inevitable cyber attacks

30 October 2014

? Over a third (37%) of organisations have no real-time insight on cyber risks, lacking agility, budget and skills to combat rising cybercrime ? #1 vulnerability to cybercrime revealed as careless or unaware employees, while #1 threat is the theft of financial information ? Organisations need to be in a constant state of readiness, anticipating where new threats may arise

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What do you believe will be the biggest challenge when the COFI framework is finally implemented?

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The cost and complexity of relicensing Demonstrating customer outcomes through data and reporting Embedding a customer-first culture across the business Aligning existing compliance frameworks with COFI requirements

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Better integrated reporting can enhance investment professionals’ analysis: PwC report

23 October 2014

Ranking of the world's top 150 commercial lines insurance brokers

20 October 2014

63 000 South Africans among top 1% of global wealth holders

14 October 2014

Big decisions: Executives rely more on experience and advice than data to make business-defining choices: EIU/PwC report finds

09 October 2014

Life Insurance confidence holds steady

02 October 2014

SA Pharmacists' attitudes towards retail pharmacy changes - PPS Survey reveals

01 October 2014

Bank confidence remains stable despite the weak economy