Fear and uncertainty dominate the personal financial planning landscape
The majority of your clients and potential clients have been deeply impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing national lockdown. One of the standout statistics shared during the 2020 Old Mutual Savings and Investment Monitor launch, held 16 July 2020, was that three in five South African households were earning less in May 2020 than in February. Another shocker is that two thirds of South Africans indicated that they were “constantly worried about losing their job or income”. Presented under the tagline know-better-do-better, the 2020 survey offered an early ‘peek’ into the financial damage caused by pandemic, and government’s response to it, to household finances.