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Regulation & Compliance
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...
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...
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