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'Too big to fail, too big to jail' sentiment must change
There needs to be more of a deterrent for individuals committing financial crimes, says Caroline da Silva, deputy executive officer at the Financial Services Board (FSB)... read more>>



Finance
CIMA announces integrated reporting survey results
CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting, has announced survey results from research into how integrated reporting helps companies to create value... read more>>
Banking
Bank fraud loss runs to R570m

Allan Williams

The banking industry has lost more than R570m in nine months due to various syndicates travelling around the country stealing from bank accounts... read more>>
Education & Training
A career in finance - What's the right move after articles?

Nicoli Sauerman

As a trainee accountant or articled clerk approaching the completion of articles, the sense of accomplishment and relief is indescribable. Your training period is now over and as captain of your own ship... read more>>
Financial Services
Alexander Forbes set for African expansion

Phakamisa Ndzamela

SA's largest retirement fund administrator, Alexander Forbes, is looking for low-value acquisitions in the rest of Africa and has tasked one of its senior staff with looking for "nonorganic" growth opportunities on the continent... read more>>
MasterCard Foundation commits to university partnership
The MasterCard Foundation is committing $86.6 million to work in collaboration with four new African university partners... read more>>
Markets & Investment
SA set on boosting investments with China
PRETORIA: President Jacob Zuma has arrived in China where he is leading a delegation of ministers and businesspeople on a State visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations, the Presidency said on Tuesday, 2 December... read more>>
South Africa's 'home-grown' mirror trading platform launched
It almost seems unimaginable that only 30 years ago investing in the stock market was considered a highly complex process beyond the understanding of the everyday person... read more>>
Investors urged to stick with PPC's board

Nick Hedley

PPC investors should vote against a resolution to remove the cement company's board as its activist shareholders have not made a compelling enough case for such drastic action‚ says global shareholder voting research firm Glass Lewis & Company... read more>>
Acsion downgrades IPO with no private placing
Property developer Acsion is to go ahead with its listing on the JSE on Tuesday, but it will only be an introduction of the company's shares and not a private placing... read more>>
Taxation & Regulation
SARS suspends rogue unit men after exposé

Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Piet Rampedi

Two top South African Revenue Service officials have been suspended in the wake of a Sunday Times exposé that they were involved in a rogue unit... read more>>
No evidence justifying penalty

Heinrich Louw

Judgment was handed down in the Tax Court on 18 November 2014 in the case of AB (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (case number 1132, as yet unreported)... read more>>
Interpretation of fiscal legislation

Emil Brincker

The judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Commissioner SARS v Bosch (394/2013) [2014] ZASCA 171 (19 November 2014) (Bosch case) dealing with the fiscal consequences of a deferred delivery transaction is not only important in the context of the meaning of simulation, but also with reference to the way in which legislation should be interpreted... read more>>
International
Futures trading is way older than you think

Rachel Timmins

For as long as humanity subsisted on agricultural produce, futures trading has been here... read more>>
All the Midas Awards 2014 winners
NEW YORK CITY, US: The Midas Awards World's Best Financial Advertising has announced the winners for the 2014 competition... read more>>
Vox Media raises capital for global expansion
WASHINGTON DC, US: Vox Media, publisher of online news sites including The Verge and SB Nation, said on Monday it raised fresh capital, giving it a reported $380m value and fueling expansion plans... read more>>
More International
Government
5.32m tax returns submitted in 2014 tax season
A total of 5.32 million income tax returns were submitted in the 2014 tax season, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said yesterday... read more>>
SARS's chief operations officer resigns
PRETORIA: The South African Revenue Service's chief operations officer (COO) has resigned. Barry Hore will leave the revenue service at the end of December, said SARS on Tuesday, 2 December... read more>>
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