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Consumer wallets felt flighty in festive season
The National Credit Regulator (NCR) and the Credit Bureau Monitor (CBM) have released the latest edition of the 'Consumer Credit Market Report' (CCMR)... read more>>



Actuarial & Insurance
Expanding insurers face tough fight
South African insurers looking for growth in the rest of Africa need to move fast as they can expect strong competition from large European insurers chasing the same markets... read more>>
RISKSA magazine wins international award and why you should care

Issued by COSA Media

COSA Media, publisher of RISKSA magazine, has racked up an impressive list of accolades in recent years. Just recently, COSA Media walked away with best niche magazine in the USA at the Nichee Awards in Denver, Colorado... read more>>
Accounting & Auditing
New programme offers hope for change in auditing industry
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) has made progress in helping to produce more black chartered accountants, but still very few of them become auditors... read more>>
Engineering degrees can build fortunes
Prospective university students set on making their millions should sign up for some extra engineering lectures, new analysis has shown... read more>>
Banking
Practical finance plan may put land reform on track

Derick van der Walt

The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) and the Banking Association South Africa's (Banking Association) model to finance land reform is currently in the spotlight... read more>>
Financial Services
Liquidation of fund a better option than deregistration
For various reasons, notably the industry-wide shift towards umbrella fund arrangements and the rising costs of administration, an increasing number of retirement funds are being wrapped up... read more>>
Provident fund must comply with its fiduciary duties
The board of a provident fund must comply with its fiduciary duties by itself providing benefit statements to members on a regular basis rather than relying on an intermediary to do so, the Pension Funds Adjudicator, Muvhango Lukhaimane, has ruled... read more>>
Nominees for 2015 Imbasa Yegolide Awards announced
The short-listed nominee companies for the 2015 Imbasa Yegolide Awards has been announced by Batseta - Council of Retirement Funds for South Africa... read more>>
Medical schemes brokers

Issued by Financial Intermediaries Association

The Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA) has successfully lobbied government to follow the 'letter of the law' in reviewing the fees paid to medical schemes brokers... read more>>
Unpacking SA's financial adviser environment

Issued by Financial Intermediaries Association

South Africa's financial advisers show a high awareness of the impact of the ongoing regulatory process on the intermediated distribution environment, according to the 2014 RGA_FIA Financial Adviser Survey... read more>>
JARVIS: a debit order management tool for CRM programmes

Issued by Brand In Motion

When Brand In Motion was approached to build a highly complex CRM debit order tool, they decided to build it from scratch using Microsoft .NET MVC technology... read more>>
Markets & Investment
Potential pay-off of participating in the agricultural value chain
Farmers producing at commercially viable levels are inevitably confronted with the decision to participate in the agricultural value chain... read more>>
African real estate attracts increased foreign investment
Africa's demographic growth prospects and the consequent opportunities in real estate are increasingly attracting international investors... read more>>
Taxation & Regulation
SARS collects R986.4bn in tax revenue in the 2014-15 financial year

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has collected R986.4bn in tax revenue in the 2014-15 financial year, which ended on March 31, supported by growth in personal income tax revenue... read more>>
SME survey sheds light on job creation
South African small businesses are ready and willing to create jobs - but some things are going to have to change to motivate them to do so... read more>>
Business
Your CV has just seconds to impress: make them count

Niteske Marshall

Eight seconds is all it takes to knock the socks off potential employers reading your CV and entice them to read more... read more>>
Government news
State tears at itself
A local government shutdown is expected in the next few weeks as municipalities flex their muscles, demanding that they be paid money owed them by state departments... read more>>
More Government news
Jobs offered
Senior Lecturer - Financial Management - Western Cape
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced senior lecturer: financial management (Ref. EBW05/091/0315). Applications close: 17 April 2015 Read more >>

Lecturer - Financial Management - Western Cape
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced lecturer: financial management (Ref. EBW05/089/0315). Applications close: 15 April 2015 Read more >>

Entrepreneur - Johannesburg
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