People and Companies / Events

Practical advice to survive the perfect storm

This year’s Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI) Convention will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 14 and 15 June 2016, and it is all set to bring a strong leadership perspective to financial planning professionals.

FIA Investment Forum 2016

Coming soon... The financial services brands that really care about advice, advisers and you

South Africa has less than a month to wait before the country’s best financial services brands are revealed. The annual FIA Awards, scheduled for 2 June 2016, is one of the biggest events on the local financial services calendar. It is a process whereby members of the Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA) recognise the financial product suppliers that give them the best overall satisfaction based on product, service and relationship.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

A lot of the news lately has been focused on South Africa’s possible downgrade to junk status. Some say that bit is inevitable, some are positive that we may be doing enough to avoid the feared drop.