The client is the person, not their money
Independent Consultant Rob Macdonald shares his thoughts on the state of the industry and how the financial planning landscape might change in future.
The best financial advice starts with your goals, not a product
Momentum Financial Planning CEO Aldert Brink explains why advisers need to move beyond products and help clients navigate increasingly complex financial lives.
Advising vulnerable clients: minors and young beneficiaries
This article is the second in a series on advising vulnerable clients. The first explored vulnerability and its relationship to legal capacity in South Africa. This instalment turns to one of the most common – and often underestimated – vulnerable groups: minors and young beneficiaries.
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?
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