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Gareth Collier, CFP®, founder at Firecrest Group

Forged by fire: where futures take flight

Gareth Collier, CFP®, one of the 2024 Financial Planner of the Year Award runners-up, recently opened his own financial planning practice, Firecrest Modern Capital. Blue Chip spoke to Collier about the intricacies of this inception.
The power of play in the workplace

The power of play in the workplace: how fun fuels success

According to Kruger, employees engaging in playful activities “experience a sense of freedom that allows fresh thinking, stronger connections with colleagues and increased motivation”.
Survival of the fastest

Survival of the fastest

With the arrival of Artificial Intelligence into the mainstream world, we find ourselves at a point of optimism over the future in this cycle of technology innovation, writes Doug Nicol, Investment Analyst at Fundhouse.
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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.
Warren Ingram, CFP Co-Founder, Galileo Capital

A home for independent financial planners

According to Warren Ingram, Co Founder of Galileo Capital, there is a real concern that independent financial planning is dying.
family business succession planning

What is keeping the next generation of wealthy families awake at...

A panel discussion with next-gen family members at Stonehage Fleming’s annual Family Conference highlighted the pressures, opportunities and critical factors that could determine whether families and family businesses thrive or falter across generations.
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Creating procedures with ChatGPT

Francois du Toit, PROpulsion, shares his guide to creating SOPs using ChatGPT.
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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.
Rob Macdonald, Independent Consultant

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.
Zeldeen Müller, CEO, AgendaWorx

Three AI tricks to make your clients love you more

Using AI cleverly can drastically reduce your workload and extend your reach, writes Zeldeen Müller, CEO, AgendaWorx.
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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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Alternative sources of return

Alternative investments financial advisors should add to clients’ portfolios, writes Florbela Yates, the Managing Director of Equilibrium Investment Management.

Creditworthiness key to client relations

Francois Strydom, CFA, the Portfolio Manager at Momentum Securities, believes his entity offers an attractive proposition for potential investors in the structured products sphere.
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