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2026 Jun/Jul/Aug

What makes a succession plan practically executable?

Kevin Feather of Galileo Financial Planning explores the practical question of what makes a succession plan executable

The quiet power of planting trees for tomorrow

Thando Gobe, CEO of Personal Trust, argues for a return to the straightforward principle of personal and professional service.

Using multiple financial advisors may hurt your wealth

Mark MacSymon (Wealth Manager, Private Client Holdings) writes that diversifying financial advice is not the same as diversifying your investment portfolio.

A winning formula

Rocco Carr (Business Development Manager, Glacier by Sanlam) writes about the importance of combining a living annuity with a life annuity.
Zeldeen Müller, CEO, AgendaWorx

AI is not coming for your financial planning job

Zeldeen Müller (CEO, inSite Connect, Creator of AgendaWorx Board Portal) cautions that AI could destroy your clients’ nest eggs… if you let it.

Ignore asset allocation at your peril

In their seminal piece titled Determinants of Portfolio Performance (1986), Brinson, Hood and Beebower set out to explain the variance of portfolio returns by deconstructing the quarterly returns of 91 large US pension plans over the period 1974 to 1983 into asset allocation and security selection decisions writes Michael Badenhorst, Chief Investment Officer, Independent Investment Solutions.

A DFM who is not just talking technology

AI and technology is now the key to unlocking the benefits of financial planning and DFMs, writes Anton Turpin, CEO, MiPlan.

Conversations over calculus

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

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?

Education is everything

The ImfundoHub is a digital education platform that delivers low-bandwidth, CAPS-aligned learning support to South African learners through WhatsApp. Blue Chip speaks to the founder, Dr Vashna Jagarnath.
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Disciplined hedging practices

Kim Zietsman, Head of SA Business Development and Marketing at Laurium Capital, explores diversification, alpha and risk management.

What’s in it for you?

Why the Total Portfolio Approach is suddenly everywhere – and what it means for you.

The call is coming from inside the house

“The call is coming from inside the house” suggests a threat or danger that comes from someone close, not an outsider. I am borrowing that phrase but with the opposite connotation: celebrating 25 years of excellence.

Emerging markets tech: bubble or structural growth cycle?

Tom Wilson (Head of Emerging Market Equities at Schroders) writes that, while IT earnings momentum is strong, valuations and expectations are extended and forecast risk is high.

Personal advice needs a platform experience to match

Kapil Joshi, MD of Strategy and Proposition at Momentum Wealth, reminds us that financial advisers have always understood a simple truth: no two clients are the same.
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