On a recent car trip, my daughter insisted on playing some of her music – 2 of the songs on the “hit list” were “Bear necessities” from the Jungle Book and “Hakuna Matata” from The Lion King. When the music finished there was a follow up question fro
I get a lot of spam email but I really hate it when I receive unsolicited offers to invest from insurance companies. Today I received an email from Old Mutual offering to save me money with their Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA). Apparently, you can s
I found myself facing a crisis recently. I have always promised clients that I would only invest their funds where I myself am prepared to invest for myself and my family and yet with the recent shenanigans from our president who saw fit to remove th
I have just finished reading this excellent book by Carl Richards... The One-page Financial Plan – some notes from the book: “The best financial plan has nothing to do with what the markets are doing, nothing to do with what your real estate ag
I recently had a conversation with someone who told me that when she was on her way (walking) to a very important meeting, a bird pooed on her head and clothes. That meant that she had to turn around, go home and shower and get changed into a fresh o
Regulation 28 has long been a frustration of many retirement fund investors with the Financial Services Board having applied a "one size fits all" approach. That means that within Regulation 28 confines, a 20-year-old investor in a retirement fund is
When a client of mine visited me may years ago, he picked up a pen and piece of paper to make a note and immediately challenged me about whether I was an independent financial planner or whether I worked for the company whose pen and pad he had picke
I was recently approached by someone for help with her Sanlam RA's - they are the bad, old traditional life RA's with opaque fees, poor returns and hefty penalties if you make any changes before the term ends. It seems that Sanlam has found a way aro
This is another offering from Std Bank that gets a big thumbs down from us. The radio ad sounds promising: • Access up to 40% at any time • Great interest rate of up to 7.4% However, you only get 7.4% on an investment of R5m or more that you are p
A client of mine presented a potential dilemma to me. He has a living annuity through Liberty Life but also has the bulk of his living annuity funds on a LISP platform. He was wanting to move the Liberty one to the LISP and consolidate his investment
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