Practice Management

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2026 FPI Awards are officially open

The 2026 FPI Awards are officially open! Don't miss this incredible opportunity to shine and be celebrated for your exceptional contributions to the financial planning profession.

Courage, compassion and consistency: a journey from zero to 1,300 clients

Building a sustainable advisory practice demands consistency, resilience and genuine care for people, says Martin Loots, Medical Aid Advisor at Medihelp.
Rob Macdonald, Independent Consultant

Let the main thing remain the main thing

The dramatic evolution of technology is challenging financial planners to think about what is their “main thing”, writes Rob Macdonald.

Enhancing your advice proposition

Methula Sikakana, Business Development Manager, Equilibrium Investment Management, shares his insights into how to build a successful advisory practice by aligning your products with the needs of your clients.

Practice durability pressures: succession, consolidation and margins

Independent financial advice has never been more needed, and it’s never been under so much pressure, writes Martha Koekemoer, Managing Director, Commspace.
Zeldeen Müller, CEO, AgendaWorx

It’s always been good practice, but now it’s a legal requirement…

On 26 March 2025, the FSCA published a conduct standard on financial education initiatives. The conduct standard sets out various requirements with which financial institutions must comply from 25 March 2026. Zeldeen Müller, CEO of inSite Connect and creator of AgendaWorx.com AI provides a summary of what will need to happen. 

Scaling new heights

Florbela Yates (Managing director, Equilibrium Investment Management) relates how rebranding their business unified their local and offshore DFM capabilities.

Learnings from the field: IFA mergers and acquisitions

Kathryn van Dongen (Group COO, Carmel Wealth) shares what she has learned about IFA mergers and acquisitions through her work with top IFA practices.

Building private equity allocations: Why wealthy investors have an advantage in...

Richard Hill, a Partner at Stonehage Fleming Private Markets Advisory, notes differences in behaviour between institutional and private wealth investors.

Not all DFMs are created equal – Why I rejoined the...

Carl Chetty, CFA (Head: Investment Proposition at Equilibrium Investment Management) shares the story of why he decided to rejoin the Equilibrium team.
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The human edge: why AI will not replace the fiduciary advisor

Navigating the regulatory imperative of explainable AI and behavioural coaching. By Murray Anderson, Head of Retail, Prescient Investment Management.

Aligning physical health with financial security

On World Health Day, George Kolbe (Head of Life Insurance Marketing and Enablement at Momentum Life Insurance) discusses why financial health is just as critical as physical wellbeing.

The structured products balancing act

Structured products offer a broad range of solutions across risk profiles and return objectives. The key is ensuring the selected structure aligns precisely with the client’s mandate and intended outcome, writes Jason Binneman, Executive: Investments at Nedbank.

How does the DFM business model support the sustainability of independent advice?

The rise of DFM-led communities presents both opportunities and challenges.

When gold miners became the new tech giants

Lessons about managing money in concentrated markets from Jan-Daan van Wyk, Associate Director, Stonehage Fleming Investment Management South Africa.
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