FAIS* the harbinger of things to come
A glimpse of the new world which beckons under Twin Peaks
- A regulatory state without a regulatory purpose
- The stated purpose of FAIS* which was quickly forgotten
- The replaced purposes
- Purposeless bureaucracy without cost constraints
- Taxes without parliament
- Head count from 0 – 500 and rising
- A budget from 0 – R600 MILLION per annum and rising
- Consumer relationships without contracts
- Legislation without parliament
- A judiciary without the judiciary
- The world we refused to have is the world we now have
*Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services ActBackground:
Robert Vivian is Professor of Finance & Insurance, School of Economic and Business Sciences, Wits University. Robert originally studied electrical engineering, graduating with a BSc (ElecEng) degree. While practising as an engineer, he obtained two law degrees from UNISA and subsequently began a career in risk management, specialising in the management of liability risks while working for Alexander Forbes (now Marsh Africa), a career he followed for the next decade. In 1989, the University of the Witwatersrand established a chair in Insurance & Risk Management and Robert was appointed as the first professor to hold this chair, a position he has held ever since.
Leon Louw is a well known South African personality who, for over a generation, has been active in diverse aspects of public life. He is credited with having had a significant impact on the course of events in South Africa, especially regarding the extensive economic reforms that took place during the last two decades of apartheid, and the inclusion of the property rights clause in the constitution. With his wife, Frances Kendall, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for proposals made in their book South Africa: The Solution. Leon is the Executive Director of the Free Market Foundation.
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