this article reads like a news release or is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . march 2015 fiduciary institute of southern africa fisa type non profit professional association founded 2008 key people angelique visser chairperson ; members 700 website www.fidsa.org.za the fiduciary institute of southern africa fisa is a non profit professional organisation . it represents fiduciary practitioners and sets high minimum standards for the industry . 1 2 contents 1 formation and activities 2 education 3 outreach 4 affiliations 5 references 6 external links formation and activities edit fisa was formed in 2008 when the association of trust companies in south africa atcsa which was formed in 1932 was converted to a professional institute with individual membership . a new constitution was adopted to reflect the change of name and membership . prior to the change members were the main trust companies in south africa on a corporate membership basis . after the change members include employees of trust companies and individuals from the legal accounting and financial planning professions . fisa has approximately 700 individual members who collectively manage assets in excess of r250 billion . they draft tens of thousand wills each year and administer around 50 percent of deceased estates reported to the offices of the master of the high court in south africa . activities of fisa members include estate planning the drafting of wills administration of trusts and estates beneficiary funds tax and financial advice and the management of client funds . the organization is governed by a 12 person council ; the current chairperson is ronel williams . 3 4 regional councilors represent the regions of gauteng western cape eastern cape kwazulu natal and free state . the intention is to add other regional representation as membership grows . there are also seven special purpose committees comprising experts in the areas of trusts estates compliance tax education and training and beneficiary funds . fisa liaises with the master s office and the south african revenue service in order to participate in optimising legal and compliance processes . it engages with the south african treasury on issues that affect the industry and the public . 5 6 7 education edit fisa aims to raise awareness and standards of fiduciary practice through education to benefit both practitioners and the public . fisa holds an annual conference at which practitioners and academics in the fiduciary field present and discuss topical issues . 8 9 in 2011 fisa introduced a professional examination in co operation with the university of the free state which gives successful candidates the designation of fiduciary practitioner of south africa fpsa . 10 11 outreach edit fisa works actively to educate the public about fiduciary issues . it has a public helpdesk on its website which contains a complaints procedure 12 and consumer education on executorships wills and trusts . for the benefit of both its members and the public the institute makes available the latest court decisions on fiduciary matters . 13 the organization also has an active media campaign through which it educates journalists on fiduciary matters and representatives talk about fiduciary issues on radio and television . affiliations edit fisa has strategic alliances with other professional bodies such as the south african institute of tax practitioners the law society of south africa and the financial planning institute with which it signed a memorandum of understanding in 2012 . 14 references edit personal finance databank you magazine 16 january 2014 meeting angelique visser chairperson of the fiduciary institute of sa fisa . money marketing . 2013 12 05 . retrieved 2014 03 02 . ang lique visser south africa linkedin . za.linkedin.com . 1991 03 01 . retrieved 2014 03 02 . the future taxation of trusts . go legal . retrieved 2014 03 02 . mercury 26 june 2013 plan to tax capital gains as income will kill discretionary trusts personal finance tax iol business . iol.co.za . 2013 03 03 . retrieved 2014 03 02 . de rebus 1 november 2013 investsa 1 november 2013 fisa ramps up fiduciary profession . investsa . retrieved 2014 03 02 . fiduciary profession in sa . money marketing . 2013 08 28 . retrieved 2014 03 02 . complaints fisa . fidsa.org.za . retrieved 2014 03 02 . court case proprietary rights of a foreign marriage fisa . fidsa.org.za . 2013 12 04 . retrieved 2014 03 02 . the financial planner 1 august 2013 external links edit institute website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fiduciary institute of southern africa & oldid 716122328 categories non profit organisations based in south africabusiness and finance professional associationshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 april 2016 at 01 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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