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The Financial Intermediaries Association of South Africa’s primary purpose is to guard, develop, promote and represent professional advisory and intermediary businesses in the financial services industry. Blue Chip speaks to Lizelle van der Merwe, CEO of the FIA.
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The compliance landscape for financial planners for 2026
Assessing the regulatory landscape can be compared to reading the ocean before a surf.
Shaping spaces that help great financial planners do their best work
Consolidated Wealth Group is shaping a space where thoughtful advice, disciplined investment thinking and well‑designed systems come together with purpose. It’s a quiet evolution, grounded in professionalism, that signals a forward‑looking approach to the craft of financial planning.
Meet the FPI Financial Planner of the Year
Established in 2000, the FPI Financial Planner of the Year Award is highly coveted and recognises outstanding achievement in the field and practice of financial planning. In 2025, the award went to Nicola Langridge, CFP®, wealth manager at Private Client Holdings. Blue Chip caught up with her.
Offshore investment gains momentum in SA
Blue Chip speaks to Hymne Landman, CEO at Momentum Wealth, about offshore investing for South Africans.
When clients ask if they have done enough
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Courage, compassion and consistency: a journey from zero to 1,300 clients
Building a sustainable advisory practice demands consistency, resilience and genuine care for people, says Martin Loots, Medical Aid Advisor at Medihelp.
Stocks for the long run… but what’s the catch?
Neil Padoa, Head of Global Developed Markets at Coronation Fund Managers, discusses equities, their volatility and reveals why they remain the most powerful engine for delivering long-term returns.
Let the main thing remain the main thing
The dramatic evolution of technology is challenging financial planners to think about what is their “main thing”, writes Rob Macdonald.
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