by Ultrafin Financial Services | 23 Aug 2017 | Blog, Financial Adviser
1. Keep online banking official Always check that you’re on the bank’s official website and that you’ve downloaded the right banking app (there are lots of fake ones out there). Always check the website address to make sure you are in the right place. 2. Look out for...
by Ultrafin Financial Services | 10 Aug 2017 | Blog, Financial Planning
You want to get there happily and safely, and you want to enjoy the journey. But there are obstacles along the way: potholes that can trip you up and scuttle your best-laid plans. Life is a highway that leads you to the ultimate destination. Your future. You want to...
by Ultrafin Financial Services | 26 Jul 2017 | Blog, Financial Adviser, Financial Planning
The decision to access retirement savings early to ease current financial strain has a huge impact on future finances, one that retirement members often fail to take into account or are simply not informed about. According to Andrew Davison, head of investment...
by Ultrafin Financial Services | 19 Jul 2017 | Blog, Financial Planning
South Africans are trying to beat the economic slump by becoming Slashers, individuals with more than one consistent stream of income, the Old Mutual Savings and Investment Monitor for 2017 revealed. Lynette Nicholson, research manager at Old Mutual, spoke to Fin24...
by Ultrafin Financial Services | 10 Jul 2017 | Blog, Financial Adviser
Johannesburg – South Africans do not realise how large their future financial liabilities will be, and the only thing they can do to mitigate such associated risks is to control how much they save, said Old Mutual Investment Group strategist Rian le Roux. Le Roux was...
by Ultrafin Financial Services | 26 Jun 2017 | Blog, Financial Planning
South Africa has experienced two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.7% in the first quarter of this year and pulled back 0.3% in the final quarter of 2016. The dampened growth is as a result of slower economic...