Lizl Budhram, Head of Advice at Old Mutual Personal Finance The soon-to-be-enacted Conduct of Financial Institutions (COFI) Bill is the next step in South Africa’s outcomes-based,...
Regulation & Compliance
Unravelling the Conduct Standard for Section 13B Administrators – a Pension Lawyers Association webinar
Nathalie Burrows, Editor at EBnet The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) published Conduct Standard 2 of 2025, titled "Conditions Prescribed for Benefit Administrators," on 6...
Information Regulator cracks down on outdated PAIA request forms – What every information officer needs to know
Era Gunning, Executive | Banking and Finance at ENS Over the past week, ENS has been inundated with urgent requests for advice after receiving, or becoming aware of, the Information...
How the pension funds industry will be affected by the Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill
Lenee Green and Nicolette van Vuuren, Partners at Webber Wentzel The Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill, 2020 (CoFI) represents a landmark transformation of South Africa's pension...
Consumer education ingrained in Financial Ombud’s activities
Reana Steyn, Head Ombud and CEO of the NFO Consumer education is at the forefront of activities by the National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO) to commemorate Money Smart Week 2025....
FSCA publishes new Conduct Standard for collective investment scheme managers
Kent Davis & Dawid de Villiers, Partners at Webber Wentzel The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has published Conduct Standard 3 of 2025 (CIS), titled Requirements for...
Financial Services Tribunal reaffirms the Pension Funds Adjudicator’s jurisdiction when it comes to enforcing divorce orders
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...
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...
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