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South Africa is awash in debt

18 June 2010 | The Stage

The National Credit Regulator (NCR) recently issued its fifth annual Consumer Credit Report covering the twelve months ending December 2009. Although the latest statistics point to a slight improvement in credit extension (the amount of money lent to dome

First home a step too far for many

18 June 2010 | Straight Talk

South Africa’s prime lending rate is the lowest it’s been for many years, but it doesn’t mean getting your foot on the housing ladder will be any easier. Even though banks have relaxed their lending criteria in recent months, their conditions remain far s

Financial services giant ready for post-recession world

18 June 2010 | Featured Story

The last couple of years haven’t been easy for financial services groups, but the latest results from Alexander Forbes (AF), a leading provider of financial, risk and insurance and multi-manager investment solutions internationally, suggests a turnaround

Insurance industry must nurture leaders

04 June 2010 | Straight Talk

What makes a good leader? When we plugged this question into the Google search engine the application returned 1,620,000 results in approximately 0.30 seconds. As we wondered how any mere mortal could separate quality from chaff given a collection this la

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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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