Financial Planning

Financial lessons 2020 has taught us

COVID-19 has revealed the critical role of the financial planner in times of uncertainty

Millennials urged to build their financial futures on solid foundations

Young professionals emerging from the coronavirus pandemic should view the crisis as an opportunity to improve their life / work balance and reset their financial plans. A 23 June 2020 media roundtable discussion titled ‘COVID-19: Impact on the financial goals of millennials’, hosted by radio personality, Leanne Manas, set out to address the financial concerns of an increasingly important sub-set of the South African population. Millennials, who make up around 14 million of the country’s 57 million citizens, are among the hardest hit by job losses and cuts in benefits and salary consequent to coronavirus and lockdown.

Financial planning in the time of coronavirus

We’re living in unprecedented times. The coronavirus pandemic has wrought havoc on countless lives and economies. It has taken away our freedom and limited our ability to engage in normal activities. We don't know what the ‘new normal’ will look like post-pandemic, but we know one thing for sure: things will be different.