FPI Updates

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.

Kirsty Scully, Board Chairperson of the FPI

I am because of others

Kirsty Scully, board chairperson of the FPI, has been elected to serve as chairperson of the FPSB Council. The FPSB is the standards-setting body for the global financial planning profession. Its mission is to manage worldwide professional standards in the industry represented by the CFP® mark.
FPI surpasses 500 cfp professionals

FPI surpasses 5,000 CFP® professionals, marking a historic milestone

The Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI) proudly announces a significant milestone in its history: as of 31 December 2024, FPI has surpassed 5,000...
Consolidated Wealth Group

Consolidated Wealth becomes an FPI approved professional practice™

The Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI) is proud to welcome and congratulate Consolidated Wealth (Pty) Ltd on being approved as an FPI Approved Professional Practice™.
Rudolph Geldenhuys, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Professional, WealthUp

The ebb and flow of more caught than taught

Meet the 2024/25 FPI Financial Planner of the Year winner: Rudolph Geldenhuys, CFP®. Blue Chip speaks to him about his goal of helping the sector become more inclusive, vibrant and greater in number.
Nonhlanhla Nxele, CFP®, Founder and CEO of Esteemed Financial Solutions and Esteemed Learning Academy

It starts with me

Award-winning financial expert, Nonhlanhla Nxele, CFP®, is the founder and CEO of Esteemed Financial Solutions and Esteemed Learning Academy. Her career started 16 years ago, and this year she is the winner of the FPI It Starts with Me Award. Blue Chip caught up with her.
Kim Potgieter, winner of the FPI It Starts with Me 2023 Award.

The learner leader

Kim Potgieter, author, speaker and expert financial planner, won the FPI It Starts with Me 2023 Award. The Award recognises a CFP® professional for their unyielding dedication to promoting the CFP® certification.

And then there were three

The FPI presents the three finalists for the illustrious 2024 FPI Financial Planner of the Year Award. Meet Gareth Collier CFP®, Rudolph Geldenhuys, CFP® and René van de Spreng, CFP®.
Lelané Bezuidenhout, CFP®, CEO, Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa

Cultivating growth, harvesting excellence

Blue Chip speaks to Lelané Bezuidenhout, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa.
The Crue Invest team with the award.

Practice makes perfect

Blue Chip caught up with managing director and co-founder, Craig and Sue Torr, winners of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa’s (FPI) 2023 Approved Professional Practice of the Year Award. Crue Invest, founded in 2004, provides expert advice on all aspects of financial planning.
Profile photo of Lelani

Tomorrow is here

The CEO of Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa shares FPI’s latest news.
- Advertisement -

Most Popular

Investing’s holy grail? 

Investors are often confronted with a range of considerations, from how to access hedge funds, to which strategies to choose and whether hedge funds are appropriate for their portfolios, writes Jean-Pierre Matthews of Matrix Fund Managers

‘Braaibroodjies’ are more important than you ever imagined

The standard basket of goods and services consumed by the average South African is not as accurate an indicator of inflation as the “Braaibroodjie Index", writes Guy Holwill of Fairbairn Consult.

Building value in a shifting landscape

Why financial advisers should take note of the Curate Momentum Flexible Property Fund. By Natalie Harrison, Head of Distribution at Curate.

The G20 dividend: Global status can help to secure SA’s economic future

By Hugh Hacking, Executive Head of Structured Investments and Annuities at Momentum Corporate.

Africa’s trillion-dollar decade: don’t miss the boat

Africa is building a momentum that has the potential to define the next decade, writes Moses Njuguna, Analyst at Mazi Asset Management.
- Advertisement -