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Beware the mismatch between marketing promise and operating performance

12 November 2012 | The Stage

In October 2012 South Africa’s third largest bank scooped the “Most Innovative Bank of the Year” award at the Global Banking Innovation Awards held in Washington DC. FNB – part of the FirstRand Group (JSE: FSR) – was rewarded for its culture of innovation

Income specialist comments on looming retirement reforms

30 October 2012 | Featured Story

National Treasury has enjoyed a productive 2012. Its 14 May 2012 Strengthening Retirement Savings: An Overview of Proposals Announced in the 2012 Budget discussion paper triggered an avalanche of detailed documents to flesh out its retirement reform think

The greatest deception in the financial advice space

29 October 2012 | Straight Talk

A number of our readers have responded to our newsletters on the topic of intermediary liability. In Financial Consumers KO Advisors, Does Treating the Advisor Fairly extend to the FAIS Ombud, and Can Independent Advisors Underwrite the Entire Financial S

Treasury pay attention! Cut the red tape and unleash South Africa’s SMMEs

28 October 2012 | The Stage

The biggest shortcoming of National Treasury’s New Growth Plan 2030 is its failure to single out entrepreneurship as a solution for the country’s unemployment pandemic. This was the view shared by participants in the first ever The Insiders panel discussi

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

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

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