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The greatest deception in the financial advice space

29 October 2012

A number of our readers have responded to our newsletters on the topic of intermediary liability. In Financial Consumers KO Advisors, Does Treating the Advisor Fairly extend to the FAIS Ombud, and Can Independent Advisors Underwrite the Entire Financial S

Debt review is not a cure all solution

09 October 2012

A headline on iol.co.za caught my attention recently. It read: Fight to save house after R260 short-payment… The article which first appeared in The Mercury newspaper details how a Reservoir Hills family was forced to turn to the Durban High Court to obta

It is time for brokers to speak with one voice...

25 September 2012

On Wednesday, 12 September 2012, a group of eight brokers settled down over breakfast for a proactive solution-driven discussion about the financial services industry “issues” that most affect them. The event was the first in a series of FAnews Thought Le

Ten management lessons you should apply in your practice

11 September 2012

London-listed retail giant Tesco PLC reported £60.455 billion in turnover for FY2011. Although the comparison is largely meaningless that makes the company (based on respective turnovers and current exchange rates) some 11 times bigger than South Africa’s

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Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?

Answer

Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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