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April 2020

The personal side of financial planning

A reflection by Bruce Fleming CFP®, Private Wealth Management, and Financial Planner of the Year 2016.

Holistic education programmes

Equipping learners to be more effective financial planners.

The future of wealth in South Africa

The ideal future client is a black millennial woman.

Deploying technology in business

Many financial advisory firms are still paper-driven and non-automated, and are working with poor-quality data and fragmented systems. Understanding where the inefficiencies lie is the first step in making changes to ensure future sustainability.

Prepare for the decade to come

Future-proofing FPI by putting members first.

Client before compliance

How to future-proof in the new regulatory environment.

Leading clients to better decisions

How to future-proof your business by integrating tech into the advice process.
Stock Market Crash - Graph

Investors get the jitters

Economic impact of COVID-19.

Diligent evaluation

How to get the most out of your relationship with your DFM.

Invest globally, locally

Satrix offers a wealth of offshore investment options.
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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.

Adapting Financial Planning Education for a Changing Financial World

Financial planning in 2026 is being reshaped by rapid technological innovation, evolving regulation, and increasingly sophisticated client expectations. The profession now demands far more than product knowledge, writes Mary-Ann Ebigo, CFP®.

Using multiple financial advisors may hurt your wealth

Diversifying financial advice is not the same as diversifying your investment portfolio, writes Mark MacSymon, CFP®, Wealth Manager, Private Client Holdings.

Hedge Fund fees suggest investors are buying a superior product

Hedge funds have a reputation globally for charging higher fees than their long-only counterparts. The mantra “2 and 20” is traditionally the way hedge fund fees have been described, capturing the fee model of 2% management fee and 20% of outperformance as a performance fee.

COFI: A strategic reset for financial advice

The Conduct of Financial Institutions (COFI) Bill is umbrella legislation designed to consolidate market conduct provisions from more than a dozen existing financial sector laws, writes Adriaan Combrink, Junior Client Portfolio Manager, Equilibrium.
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