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Protecting and serving financial intermediaries and consumers

29 March 2017 | Featured Story

Fair remuneration is important to South Africa’s intermediaries and the sustainability of advice-based practices is crucial to ensure fair outcomes for consumers of financial product.

A beast government can’t control

14 March 2017 | Straight Talk

The recent debacle into the new Social Grant payment system not only highlights a possible lack of good political decision making, but it also shows the importance of saving and building up a retirement income. The plight of the South African pensioner is well known. But can we sink below current levels?

Draining the public cash cow

08 March 2017 | Featured Story

A low hanging fruit, as an idiom, refers to the most easily achieved of a set of tasks, measures, or goals. Targeting this may seem lazy; however, it is an effective way to ensure productivity, and in some cases profitability, when push comes to shove.

The industry is not filled with charlatans

07 March 2017 | The Stage

One of the criticisms levelled against the financial services industry is that at times it can be a secretive industry. At the end of the day, there is little engagement with clients when it comes to all industry changes and how these changes will impact them. This was the basis for the first consumer aimed event that the Financial Services Board (FSB) and National Treasury participated in, which was held on 3 March. The event was hosted by the Sowetan Newspaper and gathered a crowd of brokers, advisers and concerned citizens to talk about how regulatory reform will impact them.

Risk management, is it rolling dice with the devil?

16 February 2017 | Featured Story

A sobering budget is on the cards

15 February 2017 | Straight Talk

A leap of faith to become relevant

14 February 2017 | The Stage

No joy for Hunter as the FSB triumphs

25 January 2017 | Featured Story

A new scam rocks the life insurance industry

19 January 2017 | Featured Story

Cyber crime becomes a multi-billion dollar industry

18 January 2017 | Straight Talk

A view from the top as 2017 is ushered in

17 January 2017 | The Stage

Agility remains relevant to business

30 November 2016 | Featured Story

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