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Reaching all Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) as well as other selected members of the Financial Planning Institute (FPI), Blue Chip provides high-quality editorial coverage from industry thought leaders on key topics of interest to financial planners.

From hero advisors to professional systems

How Consolidated Wealth Group is making advice quality repeatable.
Rob Macdonald, Independent Consultant

What is the real value of human financial planners?

AI can handle the numbers, but can it replicate the human relationship, asks independent consultant Rob Macdonald?

Is multi-asset prime brokerage becoming essential for the modern hedge fund?

Many argue that the global financial crisis permanently changed the relationship between hedge funds and their prime brokers, writes Chris Edwards, Managing Director and Head of the Prime Services, and the Index and Structured Solutions businesses at Absa Bank.

Tuning out global noise

Warren Buys, CFP®, CFA®, Senior Wealth Manager and Investment Committee Member, Private Client Holdings, shares his insight into global market conditions.

Catering for bespoke needs

Analytics’ Daniel Schoeman provides a thorough breakdown of what their DFM brings to the table for advisors and clients.

When it comes to performance hedge funds are not all made...

Hedge fund performance has been favourably comparable to long-only investment strategies. This undoubtedly has helped with the increased investment in Retail Investor Hedge Funds.

Retail Investor Hedge Funds come of age

This article considers FSCA’s efforts to “democratise” hedge funds and how they are showing signs of success as retail funds gain increasing traction.

Discretionary Fund Manager (DFM) listings 2026

The listings of Discretionary Fund Managers (DFMs) as sourced by researchers working on the 2026 Blue Chip DFM Guide.

Optimum Investment Group (OIG)

Optimum Investment Group (OIG) is a boutique asset manager headquartered in South Africa, committed to “growing wealth for a prosperous tomorrow”.

Offshore investing isn’t just about diversification

Offshore investing is rarely about a single goal, writes Eugene Taljaard, regional manager at Momentum Wealth International.
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Building wealth through consistency

Therese Grobler, Head of Wealth Management at Momentum Financial Planning, explains why she believes South Africans need a new savings mindset.

Differential Capital

AI-led investing. Conviction-driven outcomes. From inception the firm has embedded artificial intelligence at the core of its investment process – combining machine learning, data...

COFI is not the disruptor. It’s the accelerator

The advice industry in South Africa has never stood still. Over the past two decades, we have seen steady progression in professionalism, compliance standards and client outcomes. COFI does not change that trajectory. It accelerates it.

Why good people ignore good processes

Resistance is often misunderstood, with the person pushing back often being the best informed person in the room, writes Lizanne van Eeden, CFP®, Founder and Lead Consultant, Karenu Consulting.

Oyster Catcher Investments

Oyster Catcher Investments is an independently owned boutique investment manager based in Sandton, Johannesburg.
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