How financially clued up are you?
Financial Quiz To Check How Financially Clued Up You Are? (Answers at the end.) 1. You are earning compound interest of 10% a year on an...
Free Will Drafting - September Wills Month
September is national Wills Month. As a added value service and giving back to the community, I am offering a free drafting of your will...
Tick tock, tick tock: Financial planning in your 40s
In your 40s your long-term commitments, like a home and family, are likely to be dominating your life. Making the right financial plans...
How much can you invest in retirement funds by way of tax-deductible contributions?
The Income Tax Act changed in March 2016 to ensure fairness in tax deductible contributions to retirement funds. Historically there were...
How to get started with investing
If you are inspired to save or invest, but paralysed because you don’t know enough to get started, don’t feel alone. The recently...
Know the difference between disability and impairment cover
There are different types of assurance products that cover you if you become disabled. You need to know the differences in order to make...
How to Construct a Well-Diversified Risk-Profiled Portfolio of Unit Trust Funds
When it comes to building a portfolio, some individual investors focus on selecting the right fund manager or security. However, manager...
How do I know if I’m financially ready to retire?
Don’t start by asking how much you have, but how much you are going to need. Everybody who is saving for their retirement will at some...
Reasons to use retirement funds to save
While the hype around the tax laws and their effect on retirement fund members may have subsided, the fact remains that, as of March1...
Reserve Bank Cuts Repo Rate by 25 Basis Points
PRETORIA – South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Governor Lesetja Kganyago announced on Thursday that the repo rate would be cut by 25 basis...
