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If you ran your small business like the political elite

22 September 2023 | The Stage

Have you ever stopped to consider what might happen to your financial or risk advice practice, or any SA-based small and medium enterprise (SME) for that matter, were you to run the show with the arrogance, entitlement and general incompetence of a politician or senior government leader? To jump straight to the conclusion, dear reader, you can be sure that your business will fail in record time, or putter along in a going-nowhere-slowly holding pattern, for as long as your customers will tolerate you.

Advisers, brokers should brace for a slow growth future

20 September 2023 | Featured Story

The brokers and financial advisers struggling to grow revenues and profitability at the frontline of South Africa’s faltering economy should brace for a few more years of hardship, unless Hersov’s Dream becomes a reality. Until such time, this writer has some sad news to share. Even if government finds a miracle cure for Eskom, there are too many other constraints acting as a drag on the country’s GDP growth.

A financial journo’s trying tango with writer’s block

08 September 2023 | Straight Talk

It is official. After a couple of hours staring at a flashing MS Word cursor, this writer determined that he was suffering from a severe case of writer’s block. Or at least the first half of the Oxford Languages definition of the phrase, which reads: ‘the condition of being unable to think of what to write about, or how to proceed with writing’. In most cases a quick trawl of the online media cures this ailment; but this morning, despite diving in-and-out of myriad websites and even wasting an hour-or-so on the YouTube … nothing!

More BRICS in the wall, with apologies to Pink Floyd

25 August 2023 | Straight Talk

All matters financial took a back seat this week as South Africa hosted the much-anticipated 2023 BRICS Summit, the 15th annual get-together of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Top of the agenda this year, apparently, was whether or not the five current members of the bloc would allow other countries to join, sending this writer on a nostalgic Spotify.com trawl for one of the few songs he knows to have BRIC in the title. Thank you, Pink Floyd for your 1979 hit tune ‘Another BRIC in the wall’.

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What’s inside… FAnews Magazine August 2023

16 August 2023 | The Stage

The never-ending grind to grow followers, likes and social media

11 August 2023 | The Stage

Insurance industry must adopt a pre-emptive approach to systemic risks

28 July 2023 | The Stage

Meeting constitutional muster does not make AARTO workable…

17 July 2023 | The Stage

Ray of hope as life claims pay-outs fall 31%

17 July 2023 | Straight Talk

A tailor-made solution for SA: Introducing the ‘stitch in time’ paradigm

02 July 2023 | Straight Talk

Putting money and power over healthcare

21 June 2023 | Featured Story

Green washing and other ESG phrases that do nought for your bottom line

15 June 2023 | Straight Talk

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