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AI and the future of financial planning: how it’s revolutionising the profession

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a concept on the horizon – it’s here and it’s rapidly transforming the way financial planners serve clients, manage practices and evolve their own professional capabilities. By Dante De Gori, CFP®, CEO, Financial Planning Standards Board.

Profiling the financial planner

Blue Chip speaks to Katlego Mei, financial planner at Galileo Capital, about the profession of financial planning.
Danie van den Bergh, Head of Acquisitions: Momentum Advice

Anchored in advice

Danie van den Bergh, head of acquisitions, Momentum Financial Planning, says it is important that FAs work with providers who offer the necessary support so they can focus on doing what they do best – advise.
Turning AML Compliance into a Value-Added Service

From regulation to opportunity: Turning AML compliance into a value-added service 

GloRep shares a new perspective on compliance by discussing how they are turning AML compliance into a value-added service.
Hildegard Wilson, Managing Director, Glacier International

Don’t keep all your rands in one basket

Offshore investing is about more than simply avoiding local economic challenges; it’s about opening your portfolio to a world of possibility, writes Hildegard Wilson, Managing Director at Glacier International.
Economic outlook

The clock is ticking on Trump’s red sweep

With the US mid-term elections coming up in 2026, Maarten Ackerman, Citadel Chief Economist and Advisory Partner, unpacks Trump’s policies and looks at why the clock may be ticking on his current red sweep.

ESG: the heartbeat of responsible advice

Financial freedom is not just a goal – financial freedom is a journey, writes Kobus Kleyn, CFP®, Kainos Wealth. ESG ensures that this journey is not only profitable, but purposeful.

Second surge of savings pot withdrawals

While the savings pot offers members flexibility to manage financial emergencies, Alexforbes urges retirement fund members to carefully assess the long-term consequences of such withdrawals.
Fundiswa Pikashe, Head of Distribution: Structured Solutions, Absa Corporate and Investment Banking

Leading the way to pan-Africanism

Absa Index and Structured Solutions sits within Global Markets in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Absa and is fundamental in the group’s objective of being a leading pan-African bank. Blue Chip caught up with Fundi Pikashe, CFP®, Head of Distribution: Structured Solutions, Corporate and Investment Banking, Absa.
The hidden strength of SA equities

Liberation Day to record highs: The hidden strength in SA equities

For South African investors, the post-"Liberation Day" rally has revealed a hidden strength in local equities that defies the broader narrative of emerging market vulnerability.
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Kapil Joshi reminds us that financial advisers have always understood a simple truth: no two clients are the same.

Emerging markets tech: bubble or structural growth cycle?

Tom Wilson writes that, while IT earnings momentum is strong, valuations and expectations are extended and forecast risk is high.

Where value meets macro

Leandro Gastaldi discusses Macrovalue investing and a probability-based approach to markets.

Amplify Investment Partners

Amplify Investment Partners recently celebrated nine top-tier awards for industry-leading performance.

Four questions on investing in a geopolitically uncertain world

John Gilchrist writes that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised multiple concerns for South African investors.
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