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Capital Legacy’s Brandon Garbutt to Step Down as Chief Operating Officer
Capital Legacy COO, Brandon Garbutt, has announced that he will be leaving Capital Legacy at the end of the year.
Brandon made the announcement to...
The July 2020 edition of Blue Chip journal now available
Blue Chip is a quarterly journal for the financial planning industry and is the official publication of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa NPC (FPI), effective from the January 2020 edition.
Blue Chip – the quarterly journal for the financial planning industry
Blue Chip, the official publication of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa NPC (FPI), carries contributions from FPI and other leading industry figures, covering all aspects of the financial planning industry.
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