Retirement

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 journal.

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Life after work

Rudolph Geldenhuys CFP®, WealthUp, presents a 3 step framework to assist your clients during life transitions like retirement.
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The 2-pot system: An opportunity for advisors to support members’ goals

Elrina Wessels, Principal Strategic Clients at Alexforbes, emphasizes that the two-pot retirement system offers a significant chance to enhance the financial well-being of low to middle-income individuals, with the financial advisory sector being pivotal in this process.
Fareeya Adam

Reimagining retirement planning

According to Fareeya Adam, Momentum Wealth has reimagined retirement for South Africans through income solutions aimed at empowering people to confidently plan for retirement.
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Two-pot reform: Resist the urge to access your retirement annuity savings...

"Understand that any withdrawal is a costly advance on your ultimate retirement benefit" writes Pieter Koekemoer, head of Personal Investments at Coronation.
Kenny Meiring

Consider the pros and cons of life and living annuities

Kenny Meiring, an Investment, Retirement and Estates Planning specialist, considers the pros and cons of life and living annuities.
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Blending security and flexibility for retirement 

One crucial decision people face at retirement is choosing an annuity. We’ve reimagined retirement to make the choice easier, writes Martin Riekert, head of retail investments at Momentum Investments.
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Getting SARS to sponsor your retirement

Pieter Albertyn, Head of Product Solutions at Momentum Investo, says it is a lost opportunity not to invest in a retirement product.
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How to retire in a volatile market

Lourens Coetzee writes about how Marriott Investment Managers endeavors to bring more certainty to retirement planning with an income focused investment style.
Stian de Witt, Head of Financial Planning at financial advisory firm NMG Benefits

How to support your ageing parents financially

Financially preparing for ageing parents is an important responsibility that requires proactive planning and open communication, says Stian De Witt, CFP®, executive head of financial planning at NMG Benefits.
Mathew Marrian

The future of retirement planning: two-pot system insights

According to Matthew Marrian, Chief Operating Officer at InvestSense, the preservation of retirement savings has become an increasingly pressing concern.
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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.

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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

Alexforbes were honoured at the Raging Bull Awards with two prestigious awards that highlighted the firms investment achievements and long-term performance.

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