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Creating procedures with ChatGPT

Francois du Toit, PROpulsion, shares his guide to creating SOPs using ChatGPT.
Henda Kleingeld CFP®, FPSA®, TEP, Programme Director: PGDIP in Financial Planning, School of Financial Planning Law, University of the Free State

Knowing isn’t doing

Henda Kleingeld, UFS Program Director, discusses why smart financial advisors should have their own trusted financial advisor.
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Looking forward to a RAG-based future

Professor Evan Gilbert and Paul Nixon, Momentum Investments, provide answers to why AI is going to be a part of the future of financial advice.
Rob Macdonald, Independent Consultant

A Coaching Way of Being

Blue Chip explores the role of coaching in unlocking financial potential. Behavioural coaching expert, Rob Macdonald, unpacks what it is and why it is important to the work of a financial planner.
Vuyo Nogantshi, Head of Distribution: Index and Structured Solutions, Absa Group

Client confidence beyond the wrapper: engaging investors on investment safety

According to Vuyo Nogantshi, Head of Distribution: Index and Structured Solutions, Absa Group, financial planners need to demystify an increasingly complex array of products in today’s investment landscape.
Zeldeen Müller, CEO, AgendaWorx

Three AI tricks to make your clients love you more

Using AI cleverly can drastically reduce your workload and extend your reach, writes Zeldeen Müller, CEO, AgendaWorx.
The financial adviser's balancing act

Choose your poison

According to Any Hart, Founder of Humans Under Management, financial advisors must champion their clients’ futures, confronting misguided compliance systems that obscure the real risks – capital loss, inflation, and poor returns – while working towards a framework that truly safeguards financial well-being.
Adam Bacher, CFA®, CFP®, Director, DTB Wealth

Navigating the complexities of succession planning in financial planning practices

Adam Bacher, CFA®, CFP®, Director at DTB Wealth, describes succession planning as both an art and a science, requiring emotional intelligence, strategic foresight and meticulous execution. Addressing challenges proactively and following best practices enables financial planning firms to achieve seamless transitions that benefit clients, employees and the business itself.
understand the price you pay for investing in America

Understand the price you pay for investing in America

Anyone who has travelled to the United States recently has at some point experienced “sticker shock”. For those looking to invest in American companies, the experience may be no different, writes Jonathan Wernick Global Equity Analyst, Sasfin Wealth.
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To invest successfully, clients must overcome the Wall of Worry

Global events and investment market movements mean less than you think when it comes to successful investing, writes Rob Macdonald.
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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.
Rob Macdonald, Independent Consultant

Client agency

Is client agency the most important factor in successful financial planning? Independent consultant, coach and author Rob Macdonald shares his experience.

Reimagining retirement: Why rules of thumb matter more than we think

Martiens Barnard, Marketing Actuary at Momentum Investments, reveals the five crucial risks that determine whether retirement income lasts, as unpacked in Momentum's 'Reimagining Retirement’ campaign.
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