Announcement of Finalists for the 2025 Financial Planner of the Year Award

We are delighted to announce the names of the three finalists for the most prestigious competition in the financial planning industry – The 2025 Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa Financial Planner of the Year Award....

Investment

South African equities: beyond the gloom

In this article, Wim Murray looks at some exciting long-term opportunities now on offer for discerning investors....

Thought Leaders

Investment

South African equities: beyond the gloom

In this article, Wim Murray looks at some exciting long-term opportunities now on offer for discerning investors....

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Events

	2025 Financial Planning Summit

	PROpulsion Ascend Summit 2025

	The International Investing Symposium 2025

Sneak peaks: Blue Chip, Issue 93

	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...
	The two-pot system and its implication for financial planners By now, every financial planner and advisor should be well-versed in the two-pot retirement system implemented in September 2024. If you’re not, it may be time to reconsider your career choice. Wouter Fourie, CFP®, Director, Ascor Independent Wealth Managers, states that this system has introduced significant changes requiring a strategic retirement planning approach....
	What I’d like to know from my financial planner about climate change According to Professor Mark New, Research Chair at the University of Cape Town, the world is already committed at least 1.5 degrees of warming and the chances of keeping below 2.0 degrees are rapidly diminishing. At 2.0 degrees the risks of catastrophic climate impacts become real....