Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor: Sanlam Life & Savings: Regulatory Unit Introduction It is well established that the regulators of the financial sector should be...
Regulation & Compliance
Wife could not prove dependency – loses death benefit claim
Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator The customary wife of a deceased failed in her attempt to claim a death benefit as she had not proved dependency on the deceased and was...
Culture of complicity: How Fincrime thrives in SA
Bradley Elliott, CEO of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) platform RelyComply South Africa has tightened Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations since the...
Section 37D deduction in respect of damages caused to an employer – obtaining an interdict against a fund preventing it from releasing fund benefits
Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor: Sanlam Life & Savings: Regulatory Unit Introduction The primary purpose of a retirement fund is to provide retirement benefits and...
Too big to regulate: Who guards the giants? Inside South Africa’s SIFI rulebook
Deborah Carmichael, Executive | Banking and Finance, Jodie Muller, Senior Associate | Banking and Finance and Katleho Ntahale, Associate | Banking and Finance, at ENS Building on our...
FSCA launches Omni Risk Return: What it means for financial institutions
Miranda Rasehala, Legal Advisor at FNB South Africa The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has officially opened consultation on the Omni Risk Return, a new cross-sector...
Breaking the mould: Constitutional Court’s landmark parental leave ruling
Shivani Moodley, Senior Associate | Employment at ENS In the landmark judgment of Van Wyk & Others v Minister of Employment and Labour, handed down on 3 October 2025, the...
Health and sex life information in the spotlight: Draft POPIA Regulations released for comment
Nadine Mather, Partner, and Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans The Information Regulator (Regulator) has released draft regulations under the Protection of Personal...
Practical implication of the Revised FIC Guidance Note 7A
Lenee Green, Partner, Mateen Memon, Associate and Christopher Williamson, Associate at Webber Wentzel In line with South Africa's attempts to get off the Financial Action Task Force's...
Ombud Council publishes draft Rules for the office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator
Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor: Sanlam Life & Savings: Regulatory Unit Background The office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (“the Adjudicator”) is a statutory...
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