The financial planning views of the youth
Young people today are navigating a complex financial environment, characterised by ambition and anxiety, writes Florbela Yates, Managing Director, Equilibrium.
The key factors that matter to financial advisers
Florbela Yates, Managing Director at Equilibrium explores seven key factors that can contribute to financial advisers' success.
The power of understanding financial behaviour
How Discretionary Fund Managers free advisers to focus on their clients. By Pat Magadla, Head of Distribution at Equilibrium.
Making succession planning a success
Succession planning remains a top priority for advisors everywhere. Florbela Yates, head of Equilibrium, discusses their approach, which begins with ensuring the advisor's investment offering is clean and scalable.
How having a bias affects your potential returns as an investor
According to Florbela Yates, Head of Equilibrium in the Momentum Metropolitan group, lack of diversification and irrational biases affect returns and investors’ long-term investment amounts.
Equilibrium Investment Management
Equilibrium empowers financial advisors with expert investment management solutions by streamlining your workflow, fostering collaboration, and delivering exceptional service.
Improved balance in your practice
Florbela Yates, Managing Director of Equilibrium, speaks about the current DFM landscape and the status of her organisation.
Removing the jargon from your investment goals
Florbela Yates, Head of Equilibrium, discusses the robustness of South Africa’s financial investment protections, covering the risks and defenses linked to banks, insurance firms, and unit trusts, and the role of LISPs in controlling and securing investments.
The power of balance in your advice practice
Equilibrium has successfully grown its market share over recent years, built on good investment outcomes and by adding value to advice practices, writes Riaan Bosch, portfolio manager at Equilibrium.
How to get the year off to a good start.
The start of a new year is a great time to reflect on what worked and what didn’t in the past.
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Alternative sources of return
Alternative investments financial advisors should add to clients’ portfolios, writes Florbela Yates, the Managing Director of Equilibrium Investment Management.
Creditworthiness key to client relations
Francois Strydom, CFA, the Portfolio Manager at Momentum Securities, believes his entity offers an attractive proposition for potential investors in the structured products sphere.
How important are the non-investment services of a DFM?
Increasingly, DFMs are acting as a business partner to financial planners, not simply investment partners.
Client agency
Is client agency the most important factor in successful financial planning? Independent consultant, coach and author Rob Macdonald shares his experience.
















