Stories By Shameer Chothia
My Insurance
How does an insurer assess risk?
Apr 19, 2021Insurance is all about providing cover to certain people for certain events as a means of...
My Home
Sectional title properties series (Part 6) – The 10 Year Maintenance Plan
Apr 15, 2021Previous: Sectional title properties series (Part 5) – The Reserve Fund Requirement Since 2016, all body...
My Home
Sectional title properties series (Part 5) – The Reserve Fund Requirement
Apr 7, 2021Previous: Sectional title properties series (Part 4) – Annual General Meetings Historically, body corporates were not...
My Home
Sectional title properties series (Part 4) – Annual General Meetings
Mar 31, 2021Previous: Sectional title properties series (Part 3) – Who are the Trustees? An annual general meeting...
My Home
Sectional title properties series (Part 3) – Who are the Trustees?
Mar 24, 2021Previous: Sectional title properties series (Part 2) – Who is the Managing Agent? Trustees of sectional...
My Home
Sectional title properties series (Part 2) – Who is the Managing Agent?
Mar 16, 2021Previous: Sectional title properties series (Part 1) – Sectional Title Complexes/Estates The managing agent is one...
My Home
Sectional title properties series (Part 1) – Sectional Title Complexes/Estates
Mar 16, 2021In this series, we will be looking at all aspects relating to the sectional title properties....
Retirement
Emergency regulation changes to your pension income – Living Annuities
Jun 3, 2020The minister of finance recently published regulations around certain COVID 19 relief for living annuity policy...
My Investments
Do you know the value of money? – Rule of 72
May 12, 2020As time goes by, the value of money changes depending on the rate of inflation that...
Legacy
Family Business: Succession planning
May 1, 2020One of the most important aspects in any business is succession planning. But when it comes...
Bitcoin
What happens to your crypto currency when you die?
Apr 22, 2020Crypto currencies, in general, are often seen as a secret investment in South Africa due to...
Legal matters
Power of attorney – Mentally unfit persons
Apr 15, 2020In Power of attorney- Key concepts we explained what a power of attorney is and some...
Legal matters
Power of attorney – Key concepts
Apr 15, 2020What is a power of attorney? We often hear the term ‘Power of attorney’ being thrown...
Investing
What to do (and not to do) after a market crash – Retirement investing
Apr 8, 2020The current market conditions both locally and globally have been quite disastrous to say the least....
Household Finance
Budget Speech 2020 – Key take aways for you
Feb 26, 2020On 26 February 2020, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni gave the much anticipated budget speech. Some of...
My Goals
Living Annuity vs Life Annuity
Feb 26, 2020At retirement, a person is often faced with a difficult decision: What type of annuity should...
My Insurance
The mystery of underwriting – what exactly is it?
Feb 14, 2020You may have heard the term ‘underwriting’ at one point or another. In the context of...
My Insurance
Insurance – Luxury or Necessity?
Feb 10, 2020Insurance is often a very touchy subject, depending on who you speak to. There are always...
My Goals
Retirement – will you retire comfortably?
Jan 29, 2020Retirement is often something that people think very little about. We want to enjoy the here...
Legacy
Estate Duty – Taxes even in death
Jan 29, 2020What is Estate Duty? Let us begin with some simple definitions Estate: Your estate is a...