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Financial Planning Institute (FPI)

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The Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI), a South African Qualifications Authority recognised professional association for financial planners in South Africa. It is the only institution in South Africa to offer the CFP® certifications and has been approved by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) as a Recognised Controlling Body (RCB).
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Enhancing value and diversification

Independent Investment Solutions’ Michael Badenhorst shares why DFMs are important in the grand scheme of investment solutions.

Conversations over calculus

Deon Gouws (Chief Investment Officer, Credo, London) talks about why smart people make money mistakes.

The behavioural alpha – hedge funds offer more than an investment solution

The decision to invest in a hedge fund often isn’t an attempt to beat the market in a purely mathematical sense or simply to achieve an investment objective. Instead, it is a behavioural strategy – a way to manage the psychological friction of long-term investing.

The benefits of incorporating hedge funds into long-only portfolios

The performance review of hedge funds showed that there is clear investment merit in investing in hedge funds, not only for the potential downside protection that is at the core of the hedge fund proposition, but also for the absolute returns that hedge funds can generate.

From prime to repo: a cleaner benchmark for a lower-rate South Africa

Most people know their loan is priced at “prime plus or minus a percentage”. But what exactly is prime, asks Razeen Dinath of Fundhouse?
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