Riaan Strydom.
PSG Konsult, the JSE-listed financial services firm, announced today that Riaan Strydom, a partner at PSG Wealth Port Elizabeth, has been named as PSG’s Financial Planner of the Year for 2015. The award was made at a gala dinner at the firm’s annual conference and awards ceremony in Sun City late last week.
Dan Hugo, head of PSG Distribution, said at the ceremony that as PSG is the largest independent intermediary financial services provider in South Africa, this award was a significant achievement. Nationally, the firm has 659 advisers in 193 offices.
Hugo said that Strydom had won based on a number of criteria, which included:
• Quality and professionalism, which looks at client interaction, the level of education and skills of staff, practice management and compliance;
• Embracing the PSG strategy, which entails being a strong brand ambassador and supporting the key initiatives of the firm;
• Profitability, in terms of both growth in revenue and in assets under administration and/or management.
Strydom joined the PSG Wealth Port Elizabeth office in 2000 as a learner financial planner. He holds a BCom (Institutional Investments) degree from Stellenbosch University, as well as postgraduate and advanced diplomas in financial planning from the University of the Free State. He has been nominated as PSG’s Financial Planner of the Year a number of times, and also won the award in 2012 and 2014.
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