You need an ‘evergreen’ approach to life, work and health, economics professor Andrew Scott says In the first session of his world economy class at the London Business School, economics professor Andrew Scott asked students…

At the end of last year, the number of people in China aged 65 and above reached 217 million, making up 15.4 per cent of the total population. This has led to concerns that with…

Having the right tech in place is critical for advisers By harnessing the benefits of goals-based financial planning, leveraging the right technologies, and ensuring clients have access to diversified portfolios, advisers can help secure the…

Francois Collet, Deputy CIO for fixed income at DNCA discusses his current outlook for markets, what could upset this view why he believes that nimbleness and true diversification will be essential in the current market.…

There are three pension funds in the country, including South Africa’s largest fund, that are not governed by the Pension Funds Act, and National Treasury needs to deal with these separately in implementing its famous…

Why identifying companies with quality attributes, and revisiting the true reason why people invest, can help build resilient multi-asset portfolios. Newton FutureLegacy portfolio manager Bhavin Shah explains why he thinks identifying companies with quality attributes,…

Data and process improvement will be ‘battlegrounds of tomorrow’ Paul Yates explains how data and processes must improve to power a revolution of tomorrow in the protection market… You know how the old proverb goes.…

AI integration will have a lasting impact in financial services Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming what technology can offer and this requires careful consideration from various angles, write Roderic Rennison and Chris Baigent-Reed AI is…

The European Union is enacting the most comprehensive guardrails on the fast-developing world of artificial intelligence after the bloc’s parliament passed the AI Act on Wednesday. The landmark set of rules, in the absence of any…

‘It seems to me that there is room for all forms of advice’ There’s a role for all types of advisers as long as advice is the product, writes Roger Brosch I believe most of…