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The rise of finfluencers and the risk in TikTok financial advice

30 March 2025 | The Stage

Your writer was at his wits’ end about what to blurb about today, so he did what many content creators do when faced with this challenge: he embarked on a deep dive through his email inbox. As luck would have it, this search unearthed some financial advice-focused research conducted for an FAnews Magazine write-up late last year.

Trump 2.0 and AGOA uncertainty are reshaping South Africa’s trade landscape

07 March 2025 | The Stage

Yesterday, your writer listened in quiet reflection as a respected economist suggested South Africa’s multi-year shift to the East was not unexpected and likely to gather momentum. In a speech accompanied by much hearty laughter, JP Landman took a ‘so what’ position on the likelihood of the US yanking the AGOA trade benefits and implementing tariffs on South African goods and services. He also declared that after the first six weeks of Trump 2.0 America could no longer be considered a serious country.

Fund managers predict IFA consolidation and the rise of the DFM

06 March 2025 | Featured Story

South Africa’s fund management landscape has undergone a remarkable transformation over the years, shaped by regulation, market dynamics, and the evolving needs of investors. One can follow its path from the wild-wild west of pre-1980s brokering, to the rise of indexation and unit trusts, to the advent of multi managers, to an era during which most asset managers and financial advisers were building portfolios on what you might call a core-satellite approach, to the multi-asset or balanced fund years, and finally, to the rise of discretionary fund managers (DFMs).

Pushback against 2% VAT hike grounds South Africa’s Budget 2025

21 February 2025 | Straight Talk

The biggest surprise stemming from South Africa’s National Budget 2025 was that it simply didn’t happen. This meant the thousands of citizens who tuned in to their preferred financial news feeds to get the lowdown on government’s revenue and spending proposals for the coming year or three were left in the dark, figuratively for a change.

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Risk, rates, and resilience: brokers and reinsurers brace for 2025

13 February 2025 | Featured Story

Trump 2.0 on South Africa Inc: Don’t let me be misunderstood

07 February 2025 | Straight Talk

What’s inside… FAnews Magazine February 2025

03 February 2025 | The Stage

Webinar: AI is reshaping insurance – are you ready?

01 February 2025 | Straight Talk

What the Global Risk Report teaches brokers and risk managers

29 January 2025 | Featured Story

SA’s real retirement age is 80, according to Sanlam Corporate’s recent findings

28 January 2025 | Straight Talk

Trump’s abrasive leadership style could teach the GNU a thing or two

26 January 2025 | The Stage

Is your financial advisory practice prepared for the future?

14 January 2025 | Featured Story

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