Why umbrella funds belong in your EVP strategy
Niki Giles, Head of Strategy at Prescient Fund Services, unpacks how Umbrella Funds can help South African businesses rethink their Employee Value Proposition and safeguard long-term savings — while easing administrative burdens.
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.
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.
Award-winning pedigree
Leigh Kohler, head of DFM at INN8 Invest, explains why the company has an award-winning performance track record.
Investment Solutions by Alexforbes
Based in Sandton, Johannesburg, Investment Solutions by Alexforbes is a newly established division of Alexforbes, South Africa’s leading investments multi-manager, entering the Discretionary Fund Management (DFM) market.
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.
INN8 Invest
INN8 Invest leverages global expertise and a disciplined, research-driven approach to deliver consistent, long-term investment performance while empowering financial advisors and investors through best-in-class discretionary fund management solutions.
Improved balance in your practice
Florbela Yates, Managing Director of Equilibrium, speaks about the current DFM landscape and the status of her organisation.
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
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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VISION 2030
Blue Chip speaks to the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa’s CEO, Lelané Bezuidenhout, about winning the FPSB 2025 Noel Maye Award for outstanding contributions to the profession as well as the FPI’s new Vision 2030 strategy.
Satrix celebrates 25 years of industry leadership
The Satrix story began in January 2000 with a first institutional mandate of R800-million, at a time when passive investing was still largely uncharted territory.
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.
Investment platforms: powering advice, enabling better client outcomes
Hymne Landman, CEO at Momentum Wealth, discusses the importance of the human element in providing clients with the best financial advice and planning.
Anatomy of an ‘almost’ bubble
What impact could big tech and AI have on the investment landscape and what is the potential for a market bubble to have a major effect on affect investment portfolios?



















