Policies and Disclaimers
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Month-end Reporting
The information provided in this document has been carefully prepared and is believed to be accurate; however, no responsibility is accepted for any claim, liability, loss, expense, or damage (whether direct or consequential) arising from or in connection with the use of, or reliance upon, the information, links, or services contained herein. No warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, are made regarding the information or any aspect of the services provided, and any implied warranties are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The values displayed in this document are dependent on the accuracy of data provided by service providers.
While every effort is made to ensure that the most current and accurate data is obtained, the Advisor and/or the Reporting Service Provider will not be held responsible for any incorrect data unless due to fraud, bad faith, dishonesty, or gross negligence. Please note that “Assets Under Client Management” values are not necessarily updated every month. Clients are advised to request and provide their advisor with the latest values as needed.
Investments are generally considered medium- to long-term commitments, and the value of investments may fluctuate.. The value of participatory interests may fluctuate, and past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. No guarantees are provided regarding the capital or returns of any investment. Investments involve various risks, including but not limited to market, credit, liquidity, and inflation risks.
Certain investments may involve foreign securities, which carry additional risks such as currency risk, political and social instability, tax implications, and liquidity constraints, all of which can impact performance. Additionally, investments in emerging markets may involve specific risks, such as expropriation, nationalization, and foreign exchange controls.
While the new system consolidates client holdings across various platforms to provide a comprehensive view, every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, in the event of any errors or omissions in transaction reporting or asset allocation, clients are encouraged to notify their advisor immediately to address the issue.
While the system consolidates client holdings across various platforms to provide a comprehensive view, every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, in the event of any errors or omissions in transaction reporting or asset allocation, clients are encouraged to notify their advisor immediately to address the issue.
All information contained in the report is treated with the utmost confidentiality, and access is restricted to authorized individuals only. Client data is safeguarded in accordance with applicable privacy and confidentiality regulations to ensure that sensitive information remains protected at all times.
Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files that web servers can store on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a website. They allow the server to recognise you when you revisit the site and are harmless.
Types of Cookies – We may use both types
Per-session Cookies – only exist for the duration of your site visit and are deleted on exit. They recognise you as you move between pages, for example recording the items you add to an online shopping basket. These cookies also help maintain security.
Permanent Cookies – stay on your machine until they expire or are deleted. Many are built with automatic deletion dates to help ensure your hard drive doesn’t get overloaded. These cookies often store and re-enter your login information, so you don’t need to remember membership details.
Additionally, cookies can be first- or third-party cookies. First-party cookies are owned and created by the website you’re viewing. Third-party cookies are owned and created by an independent company, usually a company providing a service to the owners of the website.
What we use them for
Internet cookies are common and do not damage your system – they just store or gather site information to help you do things online, like remembering login details so you don’t have to re-enter them when revisiting a site.
- We also use them to store details of your marketing, product preferences to improve our targeting and ease your way on our sites and partner sites.
- We also use cookies to evaluate our websites’ advertising and promotional effectiveness.
- We don’t use cookies to track people’s Internet usage after leaving our sites and we don’t store personal information in them that others could read and understand
Managing your cookies
To enable or disable cookies, follow the instructions provided by your browser. Alternatively, an external resource is available at all about cookies.
Complaints Procedure
Introduction
The purpose of this document is to provide clients with information on how to lodge a complaint.
Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. is committed to handling client complaints in a timely and fair manner and has implemented systems and procedures to satisfy this commitment.
This document has been formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 37 of 2002 (“FAIS”), the relevant provisions contained in the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 45 of 2002 (“CISCA”), the Long-term Insurance Act, 52 of 1998 and the Policyholder Protection rules issued thereunder (“LTIA”), as well as the principles embodied in the “Treating Clients Fairly” ( “TCF”) initiative published by the Financial Services Conduct Authority.
Commitment to Client Service
Our commitment is to provide excellent service to our clients.
All complaints are taken seriously and we aim to resolve complaints to the satisfaction of our clients wherever possible.
Scope
- This document applies to all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd.
- Any client may lodge a complaint in the manner described in this document.
Definition of Complaint
- For the purposes of this document a “complaint” means a specific complaint relating to a financial service rendered by Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. or any of its representatives to the complainant.
- The complainant must allege in the complaint that Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. or its representative:
- has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of applicable legislation and that as a result thereof the complainant has suffered or is likely to suffer financial prejudice or damage; or
- has wilfully or negligently rendered a financial service to the complainant which has caused prejudice or damage to the complainant or which is likely to result in such prejudice or damage; or
- has treated the complainant unfairly.
- Complaints which do not satisfy the above definition, while always taken very seriously, will not necessarily follow the procedure outlined in this document.
Receiving of a Complaint
- Clients may complain by telephone, however, to ensure that all complaints are properly understood and speedily dealt with, clients are urged to submit complaints, where possible, in writing (via email, fax or letter).
- Clients may complain by:
- Email to di@rcinv.co.za
- Registered Letter to: Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. Compliance, P.O. Box 784, Saxonwold, 2132
- Phone to: +27 11 591 0585
- The complaint must contain all relevant information and copies of relevant documentation must be attached to the written complaint.
- Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. will confirm receipt of a complaint to the complainant within 48 hours of receipt. Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd.. will also endeavour to provide the complainant with a time frame within which it is likely to complete its investigation into the complaint but, depending on the complexity of the complaint, this may not always be possible.
Resolution of a Complaint
- Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. will endeavour to resolve all complaints received in a timely and fair manner.
- Where a complaint is resolved in favour of the complainant, a full and appropriate level of redress will be offered in writing as soon as possible.
- Where a complaint has not been resolved in favour of the complainant within six weeks of receipt of the complaint, Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. will send a communication that addresses all the issues and advises the complainant:
- that the complaint may be referred to the FAIS Ombud or other relevant adjudicator if the complainant wishes to pursue the complaint, together with the contact details of such adjudicator; and
- that it should be done within 6 months of receipt of such notification.
Email Disclaimer
This email and any attachments thereto may contain confidential and proprietary information. This information is private and protected by law. Therefore, if you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are requested to delete this entire communication immediately and must then note that any disclosure, copying or distribution of or action based on this information is prohibited. Emails cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. The sender does not accept any liability or responsibility for any interception, corruption, destruction, loss, late arrival or incompleteness of or tampering or interference with any of the information contained in this email or for its incorrect delivery or non-delivery or for its effect on any electronic device of the recipient. If this email is not related to the business of Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd or its affiliates, it is sent by the sender in his/her individual, non-business capacity and not on behalf of Robert Cowen Investments. If verification of this email or any attachment is required, please request a hard copy.
Privacy Statement
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Website and Email Privacy Statement of Robert Cowen Investments (Pty) Ltd. (Pty) Ltd
We collect, process and store information of data subjects as a usual course of our business. We need to continue doing so whilst being compliant with POPI (the Protection of Personal Information Act). We are fully compliant with POPI and this statement serves as our disclosure to Data Subjects and other interested parties, in broad terms, of how we achieve that. Data Subjects are defined as a natural or legal person whose information is collected, processed or stored.
Why?
- As a company that provides data subjects with a service or with data interaction for a lawful reason, we need to gather certain information to be able to do so and in a certain manner.
- The information we collect will depend on the reasons for which it is collected and used. This might differ in our various interactions. We will only collect information that we need for that particular purpose as agreed upon and no more than necessary. We’ll also tell Data Subjects what information they need to provide to us and what information is optional.
How?
- We have a fully developed POPI compliance framework in place which comprises impact assessments and a POPI Policy, among others.
- We will usually obtain information from a Data Subject directly via various different means but may from time to time also obtain publicly available information.
- Data Subject information may be processed by third parties like regulators, our software providers or other suppliers to ensure Data Subjects get great service and may be transferred cross border, for instance where we use cloud services to store data or if one of our own service providers are situated overseas.
What?
From time to time, we may collect some of the information below of natural or legal persons, which is defined as personal information in terms of POPI. However, our specific interaction with the Data Subject will detail what information we need exactly:
- information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person;
- any identifying number, symbol, email address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person;
- the biometric information of the person;
- the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person;
- correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence;
- the views or opinions of another individual about the person; and
- the name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person;
- information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person.
- personal information concerning a child.
Data Subject Rights
Data subjects have a right not to share the information as set out above but in that instance, we cannot offer Data Subjects our services. They may contact us to enquire what information of theirs we hold. They also have the right to correct their information or to request us to delete the information, unless the law states that we must hold the information. They have a right to revoke this consent. If a Data Subject would like to contact us in relation to Data Subject information, please see our contact details on our website.
Enquiries or Complaints
Please feel free to contact our Information Officer or Deputy Officer if you have any data queries or would like to submit a complaint. Our Information and Deputy Officer’s contact details are as follows:
| Information Officer | Deputy Officer | Deputy Officer |
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Di Haiden 011 591 0585 |
Christine Ulyate 011 591 0569 |
Marieke de Kock 011 591 0611 |
Download our Promotion of Access to Information Manual.
You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Regulator at: POPIAComplaints.IR@justice.gov.za and PAIAComplaints.IR@justice.gov.za or search their office on the internet.
Consent
By visiting our website and communicating electronically with us, the Data subject consents to the processing, including transfer of his Personal information as set out in this Notice.