Posted on 9 Jun 2015
In our issue of 14 April 2015 we spoke about the requirement to submit annual financial statements to the FSB four months after the FSP’s financial year end. If your FSP’s year end was 28 February 2015 then the due date for submission of your annual financial statements to the FSB will be 30 June … Continued
Posted on 9 Jun 2015
ITO Sections 6A and 8A of FAIS- all FSPs who are sole proprietors, key individuals and representatives must meet the experience requirements and continue to meet those requirements. The purpose of the five year requirement is to ensure that a person’s practical experience remains appropriate, applicable and relevant for the category of FSP and subcategory … Continued
Posted on 9 Jun 2015
Board Notice (BN) 92 of 2014 deals with advertising, marketing and information disclosure requirements for Collective Invest Schemes (CIS). Although it is primarily aimed at the managers of CIS (managers), it also has implications for advisors who distribute CIS funds to their customers. This Board Notice will help to ensure that advisors provide their customers … Continued
Posted on 9 Jun 2015
At the recent Discovery Financial Planning Summit Jonathan Dixon from the FSB shared some initial feedback after the industry submitted input/commentary on the RDR discussion paper. The FSB received close on 70 written submissions in response to the RDR paper and have already started to analyse the inputs received. Given that the proposals are the … Continued
Posted on 9 Jun 2015
In order to create awareness on POPI, it is important to start by understanding why your business should protect personal information. Processing of personal information should be approached with a choice of either protecting processing of personal information or the free flow of such information. Who are your data subjects? The data subject is the … Continued
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Personal Information
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Sharing of Information
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Changing of Information
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