Law Society welcomes legal practice billPublished: Tue, 22 May 12 The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) welcomes the publication of the long-awaited Legal Practice Bill. ‘This Bill has been in the making for more than a decade, and throughout that process, the LSSA has been cooperating with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and other stakeholders as ...
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Continuous Professional Development: Part IPublished: Tue, 22 May 12 We will provide readers with an overview of the FSB’s proposals on continuous professional development, or CPD, over the next few weeks. The draft is available on the FSB website, as well as on the Moonstone website. PURPOSES OF CPD
Subject to Part VII of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements, ...
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When not to heed the headlinesPublished: Wed, 16 May 12 David Crosoer, Head of Research at PPS Investments
Concerns about the strength of the global recovery have dominated markets over the past year, with renewed worries about the sustainability of the US economic recovery and the sensitivity of China to a European recession leaving investors uncertain. However, ...
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FSPhub is launchedPublished: Tue, 15 May 12 Julius Strydom, CEO of HubIT (Pty) Ltd has informed us that they are embarking on a major rebranding exercise.
HubIT is now trading as eFFiciency Hub, which they believe more accurately describes what they are about - online systems which focus primarily on enabling the users of the system to do ...
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More SA professionals considering emigrating - surveyPublished: Tue, 15 May 12 Rising concern over issues such as crime, healthcare and education are leading more graduate professionals in South Africa to consider emigrating, according to the latest results from the PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index.
The quarterly survey, which tracks the confidence levels of nearly 6 000 of ...
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Employee benefits to encourage savingsPublished: Tue, 15 May 12 While details around Government’s retirement reform initiative have yet to be finalised, it appears that the debate around the issue is resulting in an increased focus among employers and employees on the need to save for retirement.
That is the view of Hugh Hacking, Head of Retirement Fund Solutions ...
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Defining different types of riskPublished: Fri, 11 May 12
Dr David Hillson FIRM, HonFAPM, PMI Fellow
People sometimes ask how we should define "strategic risk". First let's consider "strategic risk":
One basic definition of risk is "uncertainty ...
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Economy growing, but challenges remainPublished: Fri, 11 May 12 By Tendani Mantshimuli, consumer economist, Liberty Life
Economic data for the first two months of the year indicate that the South African economy continues to grow, although not as robustly as we would wish it to be.
Manufacturing: stronger but not necessarily sustainable
Manufacturing output, ...
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Project management is no popularity contestPublished: Wed, 09 May 12 Observing the decision-makers who select an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution is something of a study of the human condition. From the highs of imagined benefits and anticipated advantages, to the lows of failed expectations and ballooning costs, all the emotions of life can play out. That’s because ...
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From the dark ages to enlightened reportingPublished: Tue, 08 May 12 By Terry Booysen
CEO: CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd
Modern day company reporting finds its roots as far back as 7500 BC, which is when we believe the first rudimentary form of accounting records and tokens may have been used to track certain business activities. Of course, there are more accurate ...
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Masthead welcomes PPS as product partnerPublished: Thu, 03 May 12 Masthead recently welcomed PPS as its newest financial services partner and has thereby grown the range of products that Masthead’s independent financial advisor members can offer their clients.
Following the successful results of a due diligence by Masthead, PPS joins Masthead’s 11 other product ...
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Increase in demand for actuariesPublished: Tue, 01 May 12 Increasing legislative requirements could pose a further skills shortage risk
Demand for actuarial skills in South Africa is increasing at a rapid pace, particularly with new legislative compliance requiring a greater actuarial function in insurance companies. While the supply of graduate trainees is probably ...
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Pretium Services Compliance Update – April 2012Published: Tue, 01 May 12 The April 2012 Pretium Services Compliance Update has been published in the Insurance Gateway® Knowledge Base.
With a compliance flavour, these newsletters provide a succinct overview of happenings within the FAIS environment and being distilled as they are, are a must read for busy FSP executives who ...
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Masthead appoints new compliance headPublished: Thu, 26 Apr 12 CAPE TOWN – Masthead, South Africa’s largest support organisation for independent financial advisors, has appointed Elana Honiball as the company’s new head of compliance and she assumes the position from 1 May 2012.
Currently the Masthead Regional Compliance Manager in Durban, Honibal has ...
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Unit trust industry celebrates R1-trillion in assets under managementPublished: Thu, 26 Apr 12 Assets managed by the local Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) industry exceeded the R1-trillion mark for the first time during the first quarter of this year.
Peter Dempsey, deputy CEO of the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA), says despite experiencing a particularly weak quarter ...
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