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Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 2002 (Act No. 37 of 2002)

Determinations

Amendment of the Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements, 2020

Chapter 6 : Financial Soundness

Part 3 : Requirements applicable to specific Categories of FSPs and juristic representatives

48. Specific requirements

 

(1) The assets of a person referred to in section 46(1)(a) must at all times exceed the liabilities of that person.

 

(2) A person referred to in section 46(1)(a) must at all times comply with the additional asset, working capital and liquidity requirements as set out in Table B.

 

(3) An FSP referred to in section 46(1)(a) must submit to the Registrar Form A in Annexure Six—
(a) in the case of a Category II, IIA and III FSP, on a half yearly basis calculated in terms of the FSP’s financial year;
(b) in the case of a Category I and IV FSP, on an annual basis.

 

(4) A juristic representative referred to in section 46(1)(a) must submit to its FSP, on a half yearly basis calculated in terms of the representative’s financial year, Form A in Annexure Six.

 

(5) The form referred to in subsections (3) and (4) must be submitted –
(a) in the case of persons referred to in subsections (3)(a) and (4), within 45 days after every half year-end of the FSP or juristic representative as the case may be; and
(b) in the case of Category I and IV FSPs, simultaneously with the financial statements of the FSP as contemplated in section 19 of the Act.

 

TABLE B

Category of FSP and juristic representative

Additional Asset Requirement

Working Capital Requirement

Liquidity Requirement

Category I

N/A

Current assets must exceed current liabilities

Liquid assets equal to or greater than 4/52 weeks of annual expenditure


Category II

N/A

Current assets must exceed current liabilities

Liquid assets equal to or greater than 8/52 weeks of annual expenditure


Category IIA

Assets of the FSP must exceed the FSP's liabilities by at least R3 million

Current assets must exceed current liabilities

Liquid assets equal to or greater than 13/52 weeks of annual expenditure


Category III

Assets of the FSP must exceed the FSP’s liabilities by at least R3 million

Current assets must exceed current liabilities

Liquid assets equal to or greater than 13/52

weeks of annual expenditure


Category IV

N/A

Current assets must exceed current liabilities

Liquid assets equal to or greater than 4/52 weeks of annual expenditure

 

[Section 48 will become effective from 1 March 2019, but only insofar it relates to a juristic representative, in terms of section 53(1) of this Notice]