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What’s inside… FAnews Magazine June 2026

17 June 2026

It is hard to believe that we have already reached the halfway mark of 2026. The year has moved quickly, bringing with it a familiar mix of opportunity, uncertainty, resilience, and change. While economic pressures continue to challenge businesses and households alike, one thing remains clear: our industry has an important role to play in helping South Africans navigate an increasingly complex future. That future is not only shaped by market performance, political developments, or technological advancement. It is also shaped by life's unexpected moments.

A Friday rant about inflation, interest rates and the phishing phenomenon

29 May 2026

I received 20 or more emails from South African retail banks this week, but only one was from a bank I conduct business with. Monday through Thursday, one after the other, I received messages about bank account compromises and unauthorised transactions, warning me to take urgent action or lose thousands of rand. One after the other, I condemned these phishing attacks to the deleted items box, and I encourage you to do the same.

What’s inside… FAnews Magazine April 2026

15 April 2026

April is always the ‘long-weekend month’, offering some time to catch up with family or complete those overdue CPD hours, with the 31 May deadline breathing down our necks. As much as it brings a sense of unproductivity, it is generally well-received by most of us. Everyone agrees that 2026 started off at lightning speed, so having a moment to catch our breath is a good thing.

Geopolitics throws the oil and gas price equation out of kilter

07 April 2026

Part of my role in producing content for brokers and financial advisers involves cutting through expert jargon and geopolitical noise to work out what actually matters to their clients. For today's write-up, the challenge was to unpack the 2026 Middle East conflict, already entering its second month. The Iran-Israel-US death dance has played havoc with oil and gas prices and global supply chains, forcing analysts to rethink economic growth and inflation forecasts, not to mention estimates for asset class returns.

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