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The horrors of underinsurance
We all think having insurance is enough protection for us, but the reality is that your level of cover might be insufficient... read


Insurance & Actuarial
Disability insurance protects the most vital asset

John Cranke

As South Africans we insure everything from our homes and our cars to our business equipment and the contents of our handbags. But we often overlook one asset... read
Accounting & Auditing
SA and Irish accountants create strategic partnership
On 11 November 2015, the SAIPA entered into a Mutual Recognition Agreement with CPA Ireland, which provides a route for qualified members of each body to become a member of the other body and to enjoy the benefits that each organisation offers... read



Banking
Retail banks need to revolutionise the way they serve customers
Retail banking is at a crossroads. Increasing consumer use of new technology and the internet has raised customer expectations, reduced customer loyalty and brought new entrants to the market... read
Retailers bemoan cost of grant payouts
Retailers want banks to share the pain of the congestion, costs and risk of crime associated with grant payouts, writes Zeenat Moorad... read
Barclays' 'Banking on Change' disrupts savings model
This World Savings Day, Barclays and leading charities CARE International and Plan UK celebrate providing access to informal financial services to nearly 300,000 young people across Africa... read
Financial Services
New regulations to boost private equity in Namibia
The implementation of new regulations requiring institutional investors to invest a minimum percentage of their assets into unlisted assets in Namibia, is set to provide a significant boost to private equity in the country... read
Markets & Investment
Investors continue to save despite challenging economic environment

Carl Roothman

The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) recently released the unit trust industry's Q3 2015 statistics, revealing a few interesting investor trends... read
Impact, thematic investing in Africa a cause for concern
Almost half of all assets under investment in three of Africa's most significant economies are being invested for good in some way... read
Taxation & Regulation
SARS ruling on payment of shareholder's loan from proceeds of a new share issue

Graeme Palmer

In the recent Binding Private Ruling 208, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) considered the tax consequences of a repayment of a shareholder's loan from the proceeds of a new share issue by a company... read
Tax compliance vital for service delivery
Tax compliance has become critical for many governments to be able to deliver on the needs and expectations of citizens, says President Jacob Zuma... read
New rates, monetary amounts legislation signed into law
President Jacob Zuma signed into law the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Act, 2015... read
Concern over amendments to Debt Collectors Act
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has issued an invitation for comment on suggested changes to the Debt Collectors Act, a move that could have a profound impact on the debt collection industry... read
Business
Want to know three ways to increase sales immediately?

John Sanei

The old way of selling is well and truly dead, in fact the stereotypical sales (wo)men we all knew back in the 80's and 90's send shivers up and down all our spines... read
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Scatterlings Conference & Events - 23 Nov 2015 to 24 Nov 2015, Cape Town


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