Large retailers and banks pivoting to fintech are coming for funeral parlours’ piece of the insurance resale pie, but parlours can win back market share by adjusting their business models and bringing back good old-fashioned personalised customer service.

A recent Old Mutual survey reveals that half of the independent financial advisers who participated in the survey feel ill-equipped with the necessary information to advise their customers effectively on the new Two-Pot Retirement System that will launch on 1 September 2024.

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has noted various statements in the media by certain institutions indicating they are the first or only institutions currently licensed as crypto asset service providers (CASPs) under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Act, No. 37 of 2002.

Carmel Wealth has recently hired ex-PortfolioMetrix SA MD, Kathryn van Dongen, a qualified Chartered Accountant and well-known figure in the financial services industry. Kathryn joins Carmel Wealth on 1 May 2024 as COO and will be instrumental in formulating and driving the Group’s expansion strategies and business operations.

David Morobe, Executive General Manager of Impact Investing at Business Partners Limited, who says that by their very nature elections can be disruptive, add a degree of uncertainty and pose some risk to small businesses on the ground as investments by governments, private sector and even small and medium enterprises (SMEs) themselves are postponed in the run-up to elections.

The group attributes its continued growth, delivered despite continued tough market conditions, to its ability to sustain a healthy new business pipeline, attracting inflows from current and new clients.