Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor: Sanlam Life & Savings: Regulatory Unit Introduction As we know, retirement funds are strictly regulated. Section 37A of the Pension...
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The Constitutional Court weighs in on the distribution of death benefits in terms of section 37C of the Pension Funds Act
Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor: Sanlam Life & Savings: Regulatory Unit Distribution of fund death benefits Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act, 1956 regulates the...
Landmark Constitutional Court judgment on the distribution of death benefits
Deirdre Phillips, Partner at Bowmans On 8 August 2025, the Constitutional Court handed down a landmark judgment in Mutsila v Municipal Gratuity Fund and Others, reshaping the...
Old Mutual Personal Finance endorses COFI Bill as a milestone for the financial services industry
Lizl Budhram, Head of Advice at Old Mutual Personal Finance The Conduct of Financial Institutions (COFI) Bill is well on its way to ushering in a new era for South Africa’s financial...
FSCA publishes final conduct standard setting requirements for pension fund benefit administrators
Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor at Sanlam Corporate Introduction The FSCA on 6 August 2025 published Conduct Standard 2 of 2025 (RF) setting out the conditions prescribed...
The COFI Bill: What financial institutions need to know
Webber Wentzel Financial Regulatory Practice Group Once enacted, the much-anticipated Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (COFI) will introduce a significant shift in the legislative and...
FSCA publishes Joint Communication on cloud computing and data offshoring
Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor: Sanlam Life & Savings: Regulatory Unit Background It is quite common for financial institutions to utilise cloud computing and/or...
Countdown to greylist removal: Is South Africa ready for its FATF judgment day?
Bradley Elliott, CEO of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) platform RelyComply In June this year, the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Strasbourg Plenary deemed South Africa successful...
Strengthening South Africa’s sustainable finance framework
Gabi Richards-Smith, Partner, Mateen Memon, Associate & Darren Smith, Candidate Attorney from Webber Wentzel South Africa's National Treasury defines sustainable finance as...
ESG disclosure requirements for financial institutions in South Africa: A 2025 update
Kent Davis and Paula-Ann Novotny, Partners at Webber Wentzel Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations have become increasingly important for organisations globally,...
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