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Your financial adviser must check that products are safe
We will soon be implementing SAIFAA’s due diligence program. As such we thought it would be appropriate to look at an article by Bruce Cameron about ensuring that your financial advisor checks their practices and products are safe. Your financial adviser must, by law, take reasonable steps to ensure you are not sold a lemon […]
Continue readingBusiness Live (Sunday Times) – Body to expose dodgy finance products
Laura Du Preez – (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bt/money/2017-10-14-body-ready-to-expose-opaque-investments/) SAIFAA did not write the below article. The original can be found on the link above. Body to expose dodgy finance products A new organisation representing independent financial advisers plans to name and shame financial product providers that are not transparent about their companies or products. The newly launched South […]
Continue readingBusiness Live (Sunday Times) – That living annuity may just expire before you do
LAURA DU PREEZ – (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bt/money/2017-08-26-that-living-annuity-may-just-expire-before-you-do/) SAIFAA did not write the below article. The original can be found on the link above. That living annuity may just expire before you do Working out how to provide a sustainable income from your retirement savings is “the nastiest, hardest problem in finance “, says William Sharpe, the man […]
Continue readingBusiness Times (Sunday Times) editorial – It could help to pay an advisor from your investments
SAIFAA recently featured in an article in the Business Times (Sunday Times). To see the full article please click here.
Continue readingCity Press – Market returns disappoint retirees
Maya Fisher-French – (http://www.fin24.com/Money/Retirement/market-returns-disappoint-retirees-20170903-2) SAIFAA did not write the below article. The original can be found on the link above. Market returns disappoint retirees Johannesburg – Retirees who have been relying on market-related investment returns to provide their retirement income have had a pretty tough ride over the past three years. City Press has started to […]
Continue readingMoneyweb – Retirement is not what it used to be
Patrick Cairns – (https://www.moneyweb.co.za/mymoney/retirement-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/) SAIFAA did not write the below article. The original can be found above. Retirement is not what it used to be You cannot afford to not take enough risk says Christo Lineveldt, investment specialist at Coronation. There has been a big change in the South African retirement industry over the last 10 […]
Continue readingPersonal Finance – New body to raise profile of Independent Advisers
Martine Hesse – (https://www.iol.co.za/personal-finance/new-body-to-raise-profile-of-independent-advisers-10551768 ) SAIFAA did not write the below article. The original can be found above. New body to raise profile of Independent Advisers You can divide financial advisers into agents of financial product providers, such as Old Mutual, Discovery and Sanlam, and independent financial advisers. Although independent advisers cannot draw on corporate expertise […]
Continue readingMoneyweb – Securing the survival of the independent advisor
Patrick Cairns – ( https://www.moneyweb.co.za/mymoney/moneyweb-financial-planning/securing-the-survival-of-the-independent-advisor/) SAIFAA did not write the below article. The original can be found above. Securing the survival of the independent advisor. Why it’s important for independent advice to remain independent. Patrick Cairns – 24 July 2017 Many people recognise the value of truly independent financial advice. An advisor that is not tied to any […]
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