South Africa has a whopping R4.5 billion in unclaimed dividends, representing missed financial opportunities for thousands of shareholders. Many investors are unaware they are entitled to these payouts, leaving significant…
A recent Business Insider article revealed that there is currently more than R17 billion in unclaimed or forgotten unit trusts and policies in South Africa. That’s a lot of unclaimed…
As a South African living abroad, chances are you’ve paid more attention to starting your new life abroad than your financial affairs in your home country. You may have money…
South African emigrants living abroad may be missing out on unclaimed benefits back home. On August 2015, the Financial Services Board announced that there are over R20 billion in unclaimed…
Emigrating from South Africa could be a challenging experience – the administration and organisation involved is a huge and laborious task. So it’s no surprise that after getting the green…
In the “good old days” South Africans could leave the country to go live and work across the water where they were welcomed by countries and places unheard of by…
You can bet your bottom dollar that everybody you know, yourself included, has been asked the question – do you think money grows on trees? To which the answer would…
People typically start buying policies in their late 20’s and early 30’s. At this life stage the premiums are affordable and the projected returns at retirement age almost incomprehensible. Offering…
“The question isn’t at what age I want to retire; it’s at what income.” George Foreman, Two-Time Boxing Heavyweight Champion of the World. Expats who have not financially emigrated from South Africa,…
A self-made millionaire once told me …“I don’t buy property to sell – I buy property to rent” … after he bought his first home he leveraged the property to buy…
