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Could South Africa have its ‘Turkish Spring’ moment?

13 June 2013

The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ – the media’s handy packaging of uprisings that raged in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen towards the end of 2010 – forced a handful of dictators from power. But the protests in Turkey at the beginning of June couldn’t be quite

New Codes of Conduct throw credit industry into disarray

20 May 2013

The new Credit Industry Codes of Conduct introduced by the National Credit Regulator (NCR) have caused a fracas in the credit industry, in part because of the heavy-handed way in which they were introduced, but also because the new codes appear to revert

Why TCF should be in your DNA

02 May 2013

An online article appearing in The Scotsman caught my eye as it suggested that DIY investing is booming globally because of a growing disconnection between the financial services industry and its clients. The worry for financial advisors, the article said

Revised Regulation 28 reporting challenges not insurmountable

16 April 2013

The first period of reporting on the revised Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act has now passed and retirement funds and service providers have proved equal to the challenges, according to Wilma Mokupo, Head of Pensions – Prudential at the Financial Se

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