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On 14 June 2018, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority published its Retail Distribution Review Status Update ("RDR Status Update").

From 1 March 2019, Conveyancers are required to invest trust funds on behalf of clients in terms of section 86(4) of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 instead of section 78(2A) of the Attorney's Act 53 of 1979 (as this Act has been repealed).

The global asset management industry has experienced significant turmoil in the last five years, driven primarily by the global financial crisis in 2008.

When banks advance funds to clients prior to the lodgement of a mortgage bond at the Deeds Office, they must take cognisance of the effect of Section 88 of the Insolvency Act.

South African investors can count themselves lucky. If recent newspaper reports are anything to by, the Financial Services Board will soon publish for comment new laws which will regulate hedge funds.

Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956 governs the payment of pension benefits upon the death of a member.

On June 21, 2024, the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered a landmark judgment in favour of Coronation Fund Managers Limited ("Coronation"), a decision with significant implications for corporate taxation...

One often hears that hedge funds are unregulated in South Africa. While this is true as regards direct regulation, anyone looking at establishing a hedge fund in South Africa or investing into such a fund should be aware that a fund will need to navigate a raft of complicated South African legislation.

Board Notice 92 of 2014 sets out guidelines on how managers of collective investment schemes (both local and foreign) may market and advertise schemes to members of the public in South Africa.

Many pension funds are finding it difficult to stay abreast of the reporting requirements imposed on them by Regulation 28.

On 2 November 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down its judgment in three related appeals that were all heard on 21 August 2020.

The Registrar of Pension Funds published a draft circular for comment on 27 February 2015 titled "The governance, winding-up and cancellation of the registration of a shell fund or a dormant fund without a board or liquidator".

During the 2014 tax year, the South African Revenue Service ("SARS") introduced a new income tax return for trusts (ITR12T) which was much more comprehensive than its predecessor.

Two new changes have been proposed in the draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2012 (Bill) in relation to the definition of the term ‘resident’ in section 1 of the Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962 (‘the Act’).

The Disclosure Requirements were published by the Registrar on 8 August 2014 and will take effect on 1 May 2015.

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority ("FSCA") published the draft OMNI-Risk Return and an Explanatory Guide on 30 September 2025, kicking off a two-month consultation period until 30 November 2025.

On 21 June 2024, South Africa's Constitutional Court handed down a landmark judgment in favour of Coronation Investment Management SA (Pty) Ltd ("CIMSA").