2026 Fintech year ahead
Fintech is reshaping financial services, with advances in machine learning, payments, crypto and investment platforms redefining how businesses and consumers interact. Across Africa, these shifts are opening new avenues for growth and collaboration, writes Lerato Lamola, Partner, Webber Wentzel.
Four questions on investing in a geopolitically uncertain world
John Gilchrist, CIO at PSG Asset Management, writes that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised multiple concerns for South African investors.
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 TT and trusts: legacies in the Isle of Man
Coreen van der Merwe, director at Sovereign Trust (SA), writes about The Isle of Man TT, arguably the most dangerous motorbike race in the world.
Building personal relationships
Edify’s Adam Bulkin believes that building strong personal relationships with clients is the way to attain DFM success.
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.
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?
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®, University of Johannesburg.
What is the real value of human financial planners?
AI can handle the numbers, but can it replicate the human relationship, asks independent consultant Rob Macdonald?
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Hymne Landman, CEO at Momentum Wealth, looks back on Momentum's 30 years of building the partnerships that have shaped its journey and the future it continues building with advisers and clients.
When the dream becomes bigger than the award
“Success is never owned. It is rented. And the rent is due every day,” writes Wouter Fourie, CEO, Ascor Independent Wealth Managers.
Good advice is changing: Join us at PROpulsion Ascend 2026 on 20 October
What does good advice need to look like next? PROpulsion Ascend 2026 is a live virtual event exploring the shifts shaping financial advice, advice businesses and the profession.
Leading a global profession: a year of growth, connection and purpose
Former chairperson of the Board for the FPI, Kirsty Scully, CFP®, who has been re-elected to be the 2026 chairperson of the Financial Planning Standards Board Council, shares her international perspective on the profession.
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