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14 June 2011

The FAIS Act has revolutionised South Africa’s financial services industry. Apart from setting standards for adviser / client interactions the various regulations and codes have forced independent financial services intermediaries to reassess the way they

A successful Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) implementation should render industry watchdogs obsolete

30 May 2011

I’ve been immersed in the short-term insurance world of late. My first assignment was the unveiling of Santam’s new logo along with their “Insurance, good and proper” strap line. There are those who say it’s not ‘good and proper’ English, but what punch m

Emerging market growth offers a life line for insurance giant

17 May 2011

In the 12 May 2011 issue of Finweek, Old Mutual was singled out for perpetrating South Africa’s seventh biggest corporate blunder. The magazine was ranking what they believe to be the worst economic, corporate and political policy mistakes over the past d

Regulation 28 will impact individual members too

29 April 2011

From 1 July 2011 pension fund trustees, administrators and various retirement industry stakeholders will have to implement provisions as set out in the long-awaited update of the Pension Funds Act’s Regulation 28. Roland Gräbe, chief investment officer at

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

Answer

2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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