Risk Aversion vs Returns: South African investment lessons from 2024
Several crucial investment lessons emerged from 2024 – a year in which investor expectations were thwarted time and again writes Murray Anderson, Head of Retail at Prescient Investment Management.
Making offshore investing easy
Lerato Lebitsa, Business Development Manager, Investment Management at Capital International Group, explains how one can avoid complexity in offshore investments.
Choosing the right DFM
There is a long list of factors to consider when choosing a Discretionary Fund Manager (DFM), but the most important factors are the experience...
Thinking out of the box
Kobus Kleyn, CFP®, Tax and Fiduciary
Practitioner, Kainos Wealth, encourages financial professionals to think outside the box with the technology revolution.
Two-Component Retirement System
Pamela Wolmarans, Head of Pension Actual at Independent Actuaries & Consultants, explains that the Two-Component Retirement System aims to strike a balance between providing access to "emergency funds" and promoting mandatory savings for retirement.
Lessons for financial planners from Nelson Mandela
Andrew Russell, author of 'The Leadership We Need: Lessons for Today from Nelson Mandela', discusses themes in Nelson Mandela's life and how they can assist financial planners in their business
The anatomy of a bubble: Are we in an AI bubble?
Stuart Copley, Head of Investment Process at Fundhouse, asks the question: are we in an AI bubble?
Change is inevitable. Growth is optional
Technological advancements will play a role in the employment markets, but perhaps not in the way predicted, writes Warren Ingram of Galileo Capital
How do you charge for investment advice?
Rob Macdonald, Head of Strategic Advisory Services at Fundhouse, questions the standard industry practice of asset-based fees on the behalf of clients.
Curate Investments: The art of investing
Curate Investments is a new asset manager that opened in 2024 with a clear mission: to find the best people to look after its clients’ money and provide clients with access to top-tier global expertise, whatever their investment goals. Blue Chip speaks to CEO, Ray Mhere.
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Francois Strydom, CFA, the Portfolio Manager at Momentum Securities, believes his entity offers an attractive proposition for potential investors in the structured products sphere.
How important are the non-investment services of a DFM?
Increasingly, DFMs are acting as a business partner to financial planners, not simply investment partners.
Client agency
Is client agency the most important factor in successful financial planning? Independent consultant, coach and author Rob Macdonald shares his experience.
Reimagining retirement: Why rules of thumb matter more than we think
Martiens Barnard, Marketing Actuary at Momentum Investments, reveals the five crucial risks that determine whether retirement income lasts, as unpacked in Momentum's 'Reimagining Retirement’ campaign.
Building better futures
The CEO of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa shares the FPI’s latest news.



















