October 3, 2022

Putting the personal back into personal finance

With the focus falling on Financial Planning Week between 3 and 9 October, there is no better time to get your personal finances in order. In the piece below, Tamryn Lamb from Allan Gray looks at how investors can get personal with their finances this month.
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October 7, 2022

Helping people become more financially literate

Every year on September 8, we celebrate International Literacy Day, and South Africa has just saluted the importance of financial literacy with Money Smart Week South Africa (from 29 August to 4 September 2022).
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September 27, 2022

“Vat en Sit” does not automatically afford you a claim against your partners estate, for now

“Vat en Sit” – a colloquial Afrikaans term for settling down together without the formalities that come with marriage...
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September 27, 2022

Can your loved ones inherit your debt after death?

Sebastien Alexanderson, Founder and Debt Counsellor at National Debt Advisors (NDA), explains that to assume our debt...
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October 24, 2022

Nurturing a savings culture critical to the success of SMEs

While much focus is placed on the importance of personal saving, SME owners also need to be encouraged to develop healthy saving habits within their businesses. ...
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October 24, 2022

Gone are the days when Trusts were considered useful to wealthy people with a ‘tax problem’

A Trust can be very useful to anyone who wants an effective way of managing and protecting their long-term assets like property and investments....
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