"financial product"
means, subject to subsection (2) –
| (a) | securities and instruments, including – |
| (i) | shares in a company other than a "share block company" as defined in the Share Blocks Control Act, 1980 (Act No. 59 of 1980) ; |
| (ii) | debentures and securitised debt; |
| (iii) | any money-market instrument; |
| (iv) | any warrant, certificate, and other instrument acknowledging, conferring or creating rights to subscribe to, acquire, dispose of, or convert securities and instruments referred to in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii); |
| (v) | any "securities" as defined in section 1 of the Financial Markets Act, 2012 (Act No. 19 of 2012); |
[Paragraph (a)(v) amended by section 175(d) of Act No. 45 of 2013]
| (b) | a participatory interest in one or more collective investment schemes; |
| (c) | a long-term or a short-term insurance contract or policy, referred to in the Long-term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 52 of 1998), and the Short-term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 53 of 1998), respectively; |
| (d) | a benefit provided by – |
| (i) | a pension fund organisation as defined in section 1(1) of the Pension Funds Act, 1956 (Act No. 24 of 1956), to the members of the organisation by virtue of membership; or |
| (ii) | a friendly society referred to in the Friendly Societies Act, 1956 (Act No. 25 of 1956), to the members of the society by virtue of membership; |
| (e) | a foreign currency denominated investment instrument, including a foreign currency deposit; |
| (f) | a deposit as defined in section 1(1) of the Banks Act, 1990 (Act No. 94 of 1990); |
| (g) | a health service benefit provided by a medical scheme as defined in section 1(1) of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998); |
| (h) | any other product similar in nature to any financial product referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g), inclusive, declared by the registrar by notice in the Gazette to be a financial product for the purposes of this Act; |
[Paragraph (h) amended by section 175(e) of Act No. 45 of 2013]
| (i) | any combined product containing one or more of the financial products referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h), inclusive; |
| (j) | any financial product issued by any foreign product supplier and which in nature and character is essentially similar or corresponding to a financial product referred to in paragraphs (a) to (1), inclusive; |
[Paragraph (j) substituted by section 290, item 1(h) in Schedule 4, of Act No. 9 of 2017 - effective 1 April 2018 (paragraph (h) of Notice 169 of 2018)]