Client Engagement

Blue Chip is a Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa – approved Continuous Professional Development (CPD) provider, allowing members of the FPI to earn CPD points through the quarterly journal.

Empathy: tonic or toxic for client relationships?

Financial planners have the privilege and challenge of often dealing with clients in emotional turmoil. Rob Macdonald explores the role and effect of empathy in our client relationships.

Marching to the beat of a younger generation’s drum

The FPI has launched the YFPO, a member-led FPI community, to make professional financial planning available to all South Africans. Jodrey Rossouw, Core Wealth Advisory Services and Chair, YFPO, FPI, says the focus is to unite and inspire the younger (under 40-year-old) CFP® professionals.
Giving technical information and advice to clients is one thing. Getting them to take appropriate action is another, writes Rob Macdonald, Independent Consultant.

Communication that feels relatable

Why emotional intelligence is a financial planner’s secret weapon. By Tim Slatter, Creator of Contatto and Director, Slatter Communications

An introduction to financial wellbeing

What is financial wellbeing? And why do you need to care? By Chris Budd, former financial planner and founder of Ovation Finance Ltd, author and founder of the Institute for Financial Wellbeing.

Goosebumps, growth and the future of financial planning

When was the last time you got goosebumps while working with a client? By Bronwyn Waner, CFP®, Growth Financial Planning

What the Global AI in Financial Planning report really tells us

The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) recently released its global research report on how AI is being adopted in the financial planning profession.

New issue of Blue Chip journal now available!

Blue Chip is a quarterly journal for the financial planning industry and is the official publication of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa NPC (FPI) and publishes contributions from FPI and other leading industry figures, covering all aspects of the financial planning industry.

AI and the future of financial planning: how it’s revolutionising the profession

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a concept on the horizon – it’s here and it’s rapidly transforming the way financial planners serve clients, manage practices and evolve their own professional capabilities. By Dante De Gori, CFP®, CEO, Financial Planning Standards Board.
Bertie Nel, Momentum Head of Financial Planning and Advice

Bridging the financial divide: technology can help drive inclusion in SA 

Bertie Nel, Head of Financial Planning and Advice at Momentum, unpacks how digital tools like AI and robo-advice are changing the face of financial inclusion in South Africa.
Tim Slatter, Creator of Contatto and Director, Slatter Communications

If you don’t pay, you don’t stay

Tim Slatter, Director at Slatter Communications looks at why authentic communication could be a hidden key to client retention.
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