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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The end of the financial planner as we know it?
What happens when technology can do much of the work we were once paid to do, asks Dante De Gori, CFP CEO of Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB)
Is your investment making you emotional?
Investment performance can stir emotions, but understanding each asset’s purpose helps investors make better decisions, writes Janeen van Heerden, Head of Business Development at Momentum Securities.
The index decision that matters
Index investing may remove the need to select individual shares, but it doesn’t remove the need for investment judgement, writes 1nvest’s Ahmed Motara.
Two-pot withdrawals, December bonuses and mounting debt
Are South Africans sacrificing their financial future to survive the festive season, asks Thinus Marais, Financial Adviser at Momentum Financial Planning.
What is an ETF?
Exchange-traded funds offer financial planners a growing range of options for building client portfolios.




















