Its easy for high growth Fintech firms to get so caught up in what is fueling their growth, that its easy to overlook detail. Regulation is one of these details that can be missed, if these firms don’t have a solid foundation and systems to ensure that they always stay on top of a complex […]
Top 10 FATCA Implementation Challenges
The D-Day for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance or FATCA is looming closer. From 1st of July 2014, FATCA requires Foreign Financial institutions (FFIs) outside the United States (US) to pass information about their US customers to the US Tax Authorities, the Inland Revenue Services (IRS). A 30% with holding tax is imposed on […]
Solvency II Training – An Executive Challenge
SOLVENCY II TRAINING: What needs to be improved and the consequences of not doing so. Solvency II has been reinvigorated as Brussels start to get their act together. Compliance will require strategic, behavioural and operational changes across the board. There are a number of aspects that must be considered, such as whether or not the […]
African Odyssey – Exploring Knowledge Based Outsourcing to South Africa
The following article was published in June 2012 edition of Actuary Magazine Compared with other professions, actuaries are a rare breed. In 2005, globally, there were 42,824 fully qualified actuaries in full member associations. Figures for other professions that year showed 9.5 million doctors, 5.5 million accountants, 6.5 million engineers and 67,000 chartered financial […]