Newsletters 2022
January 2022
Five FAIS Ombud lessons for 2022 - 11 January 2022
The future of financial planning and advice - 12 January 2022
Increasing returns or reducing risk - 13 January 2022
China dominates offshore investment themes circa 2022 - 17 January 2022
Distribution-led companies will dominate - 18 January 2022
Riot insurance cover to soar by up to 1736% - Featured Article - 19 January 2022
Pay attention to the risk environment, or live to regret it - Straight Talk - 20 January 2022
The property syndication waiting game - 24 January 2022
Are you dreaming, or did US inflation just go all banana republic on you? - 25 January 2022
The insured loss ‘gold’ that SA can ill afford - 26 January 2022
No power, no growth - 27 January 2022
Regulatory requirements, simply too much - 31 January 2022
February 2022
What would you do with 100k extra productive hours? - 1 February 2022
As common as a billion-dollar climate catastrophe - 2 February 2022
Three tips to seal your next financial deal - 3 February 2022
Many challenges, but a lot more opportunities - 7 February 2022
FSPs, dust off your wallets - 8 February 2022
Playing judge, jury and executioner - 9 February 2022
It’s all about sustainability ... I think? - 10 February 2022
Overwhelmed with the burden of regulatory reforms - 14 February 2022
The mess we are in… Gareth Stokes reflects on SONA 22 - 15 February 2022
Some of your clients are just begging to pay higher taxes - 17 February 2022
The broker channel post-COVID - 21 February 2022
Two per cent will never be enough - 23 February 2022
Is your brokerage charging as hard as this insurer? - 24 February 2022
Addressing underwriting and claims issues - 28 February 2022
March 2022
The biggest numbers in life and non-life insurance - 1 March 2022
Can we repeat these staggering returns in 2022? - Featured Article - 2 March 2022
This too shall pass… The demise of the Fundisa scheme - 3 March 2022
Advice differs between jurisdictions - 7 March 2022
Cyber the next battle line for your business - 8 March 2022
Transform or bust, the choice is yours - 9 March 2022
Compliance challenges and new liabilities - 14 March 2022
The value you sell to your clients - 16 March 2022
Your clients (should) always laugh best - 17 March 2022
The broker’s commandment: know thy client’s risk! - 22 March 2022
Not so fast with your Champagne celebrations - 23 March 2022
It’s a good time for advisers to assess offerings - 24 March 2022
Still standing after all this time - 28 March 2022
Brokers must be included in the conversation - 30 March 2022
Protecting your clients from pandemic, riot and war - Featured Article - 31 March 2022
April 2022
As easy as pi trillion in AUM - 4 April 2022
Legislation is putting us at a crossroads - Straight Talk - 5 April 2022
The marvel of an un-costed NHI - 6 April 2022
The intricacies of asset allocation - 7 April 2022
What’s inside… FAnews Magazine April 2022 - 11 April 2022
SA to dodge Russia Ukraine fallout, for now - 12 April 2022
An Oscars-level slap to short-term insurers - 13 April 2022
SA stunned by weather catastrophe in KZN - Featured Article - 14 April 2022
Why retirement fund managers cannot go gaga over crypto, and more - 19 April 2022
Here’s what FSCA has to say about you - 21 April 2022
Commercial property showing signs of life - 25 April 2022
Newton’s third law for BI cover - 26 April 2022
Dismissal on fair ground - 28 April 2022
May 2022
On double counting and dated statistics - 3 May 2022
A material fact that needed to be disclosed - 5 May 2022
A tax change that may affect your client’s monthly cash flow - 9 May 2022
Is this a reckless debate? - 10 May 2022
The kind of volatility your financial regulator hates - 12 May 2022
The intermediary value proposition - 16 May 2022
Big insurance happenings in Africa - Featured Article - 17 May 2022
A conveyer-belt of consumer corruption - 18 May 2022
Potentially harmful mindsets to adopt - 19 May 2022
Can your life insurer pay up 40-years from now? - Straight Talk - 23 May 2022
The test for negligence - 24 May 2022
SA Banks are awesome, according to the OBS - 25 May 2022
Empathy… is this what trips the industry up? - 30 May 2022
Beware the long tail of casualty insurance - 31 May 2022
June 2022
The 007 of portfolio construction - 1 June 2022
OSTI claws back R197 million for consumers - 2 June 2022
It’s no longer just about risk or returns - 6 June 2022
The cost of insurance catch-2022 - 7 June 2022
One pint of ESG -aligned return please - 8 June 2022
Safeguarding your clients against retirement Armageddon - 9 June 2022
Is it the economy, stupid? - 13 June 2022
Seven risks to rule them all, part I - 15 June 2022
A near-trebling of individual life claims - 20 June 2022
Clearing that retirement hurdle - 22 June 2022
Seven risks to rule them all, part II - 23 June 2022
A war cry for advisers: disrupt or fail - Featured Article - 27 June 2022
Financial sector gears up for regulations - 28 June 2022
The CBR saga revs up - 29 June 2022
July 2022
How to stop your client’s portfolios from going up in flames - 4 July 2022
This inflation spike is going to hurt - 6 July 2022
Lack of regulatory recognition - 7 July 2022
The 35, make that 40 items on FSCA to-do-list - 11 July 2022
Error due to insurer’s own negligent conduct - 12 July 2022
Bright futures in underwriting - 13 July 2022
Like TCF on steroids - 14 July 2022
Service delivery… good or bad? - 18 July 2022
How ESG impacts financial advice practices - 19 July 2022
Your crypto asset future beckons - 20 July 2022
High Court fires ZAR1.7 billion salvo at top life insurer - 21 July 2022
Claims, inflation and the replacement challenge - 25 July 2022
Expert insights aimed at helping intermediaries - 26 July 2022
Like hand and glove: climate change and inflation - 27 July 2022
This is what it takes to sell insurance - Straight Talk - 28 July 2022
August 2022
Moving the conversation from product to advice - Featured Article - 1 August 2022
PA moves on Constantia Insurance - 2 August 2022
Crafting a successful retirement - 3 August 2022
Less tolerance for institutions that blatantly ignore targets - 4 August 2022
Women’s voices in the 21st century - 10 August 2022
This recession, do not be afraid - 11 August 2022
The dominant regulatory theme of our times - Straight Talk - 15 August 2022
What's inside... August 2022 Edition - 16 August 2022
Re-harmonising the dump-truck full of FS laws - 17 August 2022
Experts weigh in - 18 August 2022
Take that step… don’t think about it too much - 19 August 2022
Accelerating your equity returns - 22 August 2022
Walking the inflation and interest rate tightrope - 22 August 2022
Yes, ESG is big deal to insurers too - 24 August 2022
Stark imbalances in delivery and funding - 25 August 2022
As safe as houses, or maybe not? - 29 August 2022
More than two thirds of economists are upbeat - 31 August 2022
September 2022
Seeing the same age range in financial advisers’ books - 1 September 2022
The great adviser-to-client disconnect - 5 september 2022
Soaring catastrophe claims takes Spring out of insurer’s half-year - 6 September 2022
Seven things to implement in your advice practice, today - 7 September 2022
An already challenged system - 12 September 2022
A slap in the face of the cup-half-full crowd - 14 September 2022
Not rocket science… Simple solutions for improved retirement outcomes - 15 September 2022
Intermediaries… perfectly positioned to become risk advisers - 19 September 2022
We put it to you, Mr Regulator - 21 September 2022
It’s about time… - 22 September 2022
The ESG metamorphosis is just beginning - Featured Article - 26 September 2022
UK RDR… challenges still exist and legislation still ongoing - Straight Talk - 27 September 2022
Some musings on international retirement plans - 28 September 2022
Kudos to your favourite life insurer, again… - 29 September 2022
October 2022
No easy fix for SA’s retirement dilemma - 3 October 2022
Initiatives that will impact our industry in the coming years - 4 October 2022
Everything you know about advice & adviser liability could be wrong - 10 October 2022
Concerns going into the future, as an intermediary - 11 October 2022
Are unclaimed assets free-for-all? - 12 October 2022
Fintech vs regulator - 13 October 2022
Your PI cover may not be enough - 17 October 2022
Expect more demanding consumers - 18 October 2022
What your clients must know about Treasury’s two-pot retirement system - 19 October 2022
Insurers’ profit bonanza little more than a post-crisis clawback - Featured Article - 20 October 2022
Licence windfall as FSCA catches up with Crypto Asset FSPs - 24 October 2022
Top concerns in South Africa - 26 October 2022
Lessons from managing other people’s money - 27 October 2022
Have you forgotten about your client? - 31 October 2022
November 2022
Are your clients paying out-of-pocket? Here’s why… - 1 November 2022
Employees ‘front and centre’ in group risk innovation - 2 November 2022
A spot in the final ten - 3 November 2022
Trusts and wills should have a seat at the middle market table - 7 November 2022
Insurers, know your war limits - Featured Article - 8 November 2022
The rationality of another national system - 9 November 2022
Are your clients tripping up over this insurance gap? - 10 November 2022
Hurdles that SA-based advice practices must clear, ASAP- 15 November 2022
On a balance of probabilities - 16 November 2022
Context slaps down the SA Inc argument, most times - 17 November 2022
Cancer treatment is a PMB, but…- 21 November 2022
Behind-the-scenes of SA’s grey listing - 23 November 2022
Third-party risk is on the rise - 24 November 2022
Great job FAIS Ombud; but what about that syndication mess? - 28 November 2022
Tough times ahead for the industry - 30 November 2022
December 2022
Investors go multi-asset-everything as 2022 equity returns fizzle - 1 December 2022
Crunch time for your clients as Eskom and SARB strike - 5 December 2022
Not clear yet, if the regulator is comfortable - 6 December 2022
From twin peaks to flatline, a close look at SA’s death claims statistics - 7 December 2022
Sometimes, these climate activists be like crazy Featured Article - 8 December 2022
Forget that grey list, SA has bigger financial ‘fish’ to fry - 12 December 2022
