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Simply’s online broker sales on online platform surge during COVID pandemic

Brokers could turn to agriculture for growth

South Africa’s agriculture sector could prove to be a lucrative hunting ground for local risk managers, non-life insurance brokers and insurance technology partners. Farming is beset by challenges; but also presents countless opportunities as a shrinking band of commercial farming units leverage innovation and technology to contribute more and more to South Africa’s GDP and food security. Agriculture tipped the scales at almost 3% of the country’s 2020 GDP, growing to 18% when downstream industries linked to agriculture are factored in. Overall, the sector employs around 885000 people and contributes approximately 10% to our all-important export basket.

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DFM considerations for retail and institutional advisers

Discretionary fund management (DFM) is gaining popularity as this service allows financial advisers to outsource their investment decision making process to a professional third party, on behalf of their clients.