Africa
South African regulator bans adviser exam cheats
South Africa’s Financial Services Board (FSB) has taken action against a large number of individuals who cheated or facilitated cheating on exams to become qualified financial planners.
Hansard grows despite dip in Middle East & Africa activity
Specialist long-term savings provider Hansard Global has continued to grow on a year-on-year basis despite a halt in new business expansion from the Middle East and Africa region in the fourth quarter.
International Adviser magazine goes digital
After 12 years of printing monthly copies, International Adviser is going digital from September. This exciting development will allow us to shape our content differently as the markets around the world evolve.
DeVere CEO slams South African expat tax as discriminatory
South Africa’s decision to tax expats and overseas workers on their foreign income is totally unjust, highly discriminatory and achingly regressive, says deVere Group founder and chief executive Nigel Green.
S Africa to scrap tax exemption for expats, overseas workers
South Africans living and working in no and low tax jurisdictions will no longer be exempt from paying tax on their overseas earnings from March 2019 under proposals from the country’s Revenue Services (Sars).