2018-03-26
The Financial Services Board issued Notice 2075 of 2003 to establish mandatory capital maintenance requirements for managers of collective investment schemes in participation bonds under the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002. Managers must calculate their adjusted liquid capital by aggregating eligible equity and subordinated liabilities, deducting impaired and non-liquid assets, and maintaining a minimum threshold comprising a basic capital floor, portfolio-specific seed capital, and position risk capital. The notice prescribes detailed rules for computing fixed costs, mandates monthly capital position submissions within fourteen business days, repeals Notice 578 of 2003, and takes effect on 1 August 2003.
NOTICE 2075 OF 2003 FINANCIAL SERVICES BOARD COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES CONTROL ACT, 2002 CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS WITH WHICH A MANAGER OF A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME IN PARTICIPATION BONDS MUST COMPLY Under section 88(1) of the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002 (Act No. 45 of 2002), I, Jeffrey van Rooyen, Registrar of Collective Investment Schemes, hereby determine in the Schedule the capital to be maintained by a manager of a collective investment scheme in participation bonds for the matters and risks set out in the Schedule. REGISTRAR OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES SCHEDULE
2 (f) loans (only if properly subordinated in favour of other creditors); (g) guarantees (only from a third party and only if exercisable on demand by the manager). (h) Total (2) Less adjustments for impaired capital consisting of – (a) intangible assets; (b) contingent liabilities. (c) Total (3) Available capital resources [1(1)(h) minus 1(2)(c)] (4) Less adjustments for non-liquid assets consisting of – (a) fixed assets, net of related secured loans; (b) investment in other businesses. (c) Total (5) Adjusted liquid capital [1(3) minus 1(4)(c)] (6) Less required capital to be maintained consisting of - (a) a basic capital which must be the greater of an amount of R600 000 or a sum equivalent of 13 weeks’ of fixed cost for the whole of the collective investment scheme business of a manager or such other amount as the registrar may determine in a particular case as provided for under 2(3); plus (b) seed capital of R1 million to be invested by the manager in each portfolio administered by the manager: Provided that - (i) the prescribed amount may be reduced by 10 per cent for every R1 000 000 invested by investors in a portfolio which investors may not be connected to but must be independent from the manager; and (ii) if the sum of R1 000 000 has been reduced to nil in terms of
3 subparagraph (i) and disinvestment from a portfolio causes the investment in the portfolio to reduce to less than R10 000 000, a manager need not reinvest any further sum in terms of this paragraph; plus (c) position risk capital of a sum equivalent to – (i) 10 per cent of the amount paid for participatory interests in a scheme and held by the manager for its own account, calculated on the amount so paid which exceeds the last three month’s investment inflow into the scheme; and (ii) one per cent of the amount paid for participatory interests in a scheme and held by the manager for its own account, calculated on the amount so paid which does not exceed the last three month’s investment inflow into the scheme; (d) Total. (7) Liquid resources [1(5) minus 1(6)(d)]. 2. (1) For the purposes of 1(6)(a) fixed cost amounts must be determined as follows: COMPUTATION OF FIXED COST BASE REQUIREMENT Expense Category Treat as Fixed Cost Amounts Treat as Trading Costs and “non-cash” items Expenses per Income Statement Accounting and secretarial or other services, charges, etc. X Auditors’ remuneration X Depreciation X (a)
4 Insurance X Interest paid other than to Directors Bank overdraft Other Finance X (f) X (f) Charges and fees X X (b) Motor vehicle expenses X Net loss on realisation of fixed assets X (a) Office rental X Machine and other leasing charges/rentals X Printing and Stationery X Salaries and wages X X (c) Telephone, telex and postages X Other expenses X X (d)+(g) Salaries and Directors’ Fees Interest X (e) X (e) TOTAL Note: In determining fixed cost amounts, the following principles must be applied: (a) Depreciation and profits or losses on sales of fixed assets are non-cash items and must not be taken into account. (b) Charges relating to active trading must be excluded. Fixed charges must
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