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Few advisors, if any, will argue that technology plays an essential part in managing an effective, efficient and profitable business. In this article, Anton Swanepoel, Founder at Trusted Advisor, focusses on the significance of technology innovation and the impact that it will continue to have on FSPs as we brace ourselves for COFI.
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CFP® professionals benefit their clients holistically in ways beyond growing their wealth. Clients realise this, as shown in the FPI and Financial Planning Standards Board’s Value of Financial Planning Research 2023 study.
The case for strategic corporate outsourcing
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Estate Planning – 2C or not 2C
Dr Rika van Zyl CFP®, FPSA®, School of Financial Planning Law, UFS, clarifies, when to apply Section 2C of the Wills Act 7 of 1953 and when not to
The case for strategic corporate outsourcing
The 1990s saw organisations starting to outsource business activities, such as accounting, HR, data processing, security and maintenance to cut costs. Today, outsourcing is seen as a far more strategic tool than merely a cost-saving exercise.
Adding value, time and money
Integrity, knowledge, service and teamwork are the values that Bovest Wealth Management stands for and on which its success is built. Blue Chip caught up with the company’s wealth managers, PJ and Geo Botha.
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What key factors should institutional investors consider?
The role of structured products in institutional investments is growing, but these investors need to consider all the usual risks and benefits including liquidity and compliance with regulations such as Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act.
What risks and potential rewards need to be evaluated in structured products?
In evaluating structured products, all the risk factors need to be balanced against the benefits to ensure that the risks don’t undermine the benefits.
The transparency of structured products’ risk-return profiles and fees
When recommending structured products, advisors need to ensure risk and return profiles are suitable for investors. Full disclosure also requires transparency about the costs of investing. But risk-return profiles in structured products sometimes depend on the interplay of guarantees, conditions and pay-offs. Embedded costs are difficult to evaluate but listed products should be disclosing these.
Alexforbes named South African Manager of the Year at the Raging Bull Awards
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What are the different types of structured products available to retail and institutional investors...
There is a limited range of structured products offered in South Africa compared to the rest of the world.
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