It’s time for COFI
The Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill, expected to be tabled in parliament early in 2026 and promulgated soon thereafter, introduces a fundamentally different approach to legislation – one that brings inevitable disruption. Blue Chip speaks to Trusted Advisors founder, Anton Swanepoel, and FPI CEO, Lelané Bezuidenhout.
From regulation to opportunity: Turning AML compliance into a value-added service
GloRep shares a new perspective on compliance by discussing how they are turning AML compliance into a value-added service.
Record of advice: various definitions often lead to misinterpretation
Anton Swanepoel, Founder of Trusted Advisors, states that some advisors refer to the client proposal as the record of advice and others refer to a quotation as the record of advice, both of which are only partially correct.
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.
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.
CoFI: the need to solve an age-old conundrum
Anton Swanepoel, Founder pf Trusted Advisors states that the client engagement and compliance process has posed a “conundrum” for financial service providers for decades.
Essential habits of highly successful FSPs under COFI
This article was inspired by legendary author, the late Stephen R Covey, whose bestselling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, impacted millions of...
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A winning formula
When it makes sense to combine a living annuity and life annuity, by Rocco Carr, Business Development Manager, Glacier by Sanlam.
Building personal relationships
Edify’s Adam Bulkin believes that building strong personal relationships with clients is a surefire way to attain success in the DFM industry.
AI is not coming for your financial planning job
Zeldeen Müller (CEO, inSite Connect, Creator of AgendaWorx Board Portal) cautions that, while AI might not be coming for your financial planning job, it could still destroy your clients’ nest eggs if you let it.
A “super El Niño” threatens waves of commodity-driven inflation into 2027
A potentially strong El Niño in 2026, shifting global rainfall and coming on top of fertiliser supply disruption, could push next year’s food inflation into double-digits, writes David Rees (Head of Global Economics, Schroders) and Sandeep Jaggi (Analyst Emerging Markets Debt & Commodities, Schroders).
Helping clients during times of volatility and uncertainty
Risk and uncertainty are inseparable from investing. Helping clients understand them and remain aligned to their long-term goals, especially when markets become volatile, is crucial, writes Carl Chetty, Head: Investment Proposition at Equilibrium.
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