How can your life cover better benefit you? Discovery Life Deputy Chief Executive, Gareth Friedlander, and Head of Market Analytics and R&D, Daniel Stoch, get into the finer details, including how to maximise your benefits.

Shafiq chats to Dr Ismail Mitha, a GP serving the Muslim community and to Nazeer Bulbulia, Independent Financial Adviser. They’ve both provided their care and services to the Muslim community for many years and share fascinating, independent views on the relevance of a Shariah compliant arrangement. Shafiq also chats to Mahomed, a Discovery Health Medical Scheme member who has elected to have his medical scheme option managed in line with the Shariah compliant arrangement. Shariah Compliant Arrangement

Shariah Scholar Mufti Ahmed Suliman and Shariah Consultant Uwaiz Jassat talk to Shafiq about their involvement in guiding Discovery Health Medical Scheme to develop the Shariah compliant arrangement, and their role in the Advisory Committee established to ensure regular compliance reviews. Shariah Compliant Arrangement

How does the Discovery Health Medical Scheme’s Shariah Compliant medical scheme arrangement meet the Muslim community’s needs? Shafiq chats to Shariah Consultant, Uwaiz Jassat; Discovery’s Chief Marketing Officer, Firoze Bhorat; and Head of Product Development at Discovery Health, Farzana Baba. Shariah Compliant Arrangement

What is a medical scheme and how does it operate? What led Discovery Health Medical Scheme to develop a Shariah compliant medical scheme arrangement? How was it created to align with Shariah Law and Takaful principles? Shafiq chats to Shariah consultant, Uwaiz Jassat; Discovery’s Chief Marketing Officer, Firoze Bhorat; and Head of Product Development at Discovery Health, Farzana Baba. Shariah Compliant Arrangement

In this episode, Our host Lungile Mashigo and one of South Africa’s leading authorities on holistic Financial Planning, Kim Potgieter discuss the impact of longevity on retirement outcomes and some of the tactics that financial advisers can use to cater for longer lives.

In this episode, our host Lungile Mashigo and one of South Africa’s leading authorities on holistic Financial Planning, Kim Potgieter discuss critical conversations that financial advisers should have with their clients to encourage better retirement outcomes. They touch on the foundations of a healthy client / planner relationship and how psychology impacts client decision-making.

The US Federal Reserve raised rates by 0.75% – the highest increase since 1994.

But… what does it mean for us, as South Africans?

Plummeting tech stocks…

Rising inflation…

The war in Ukraine…

What should you take into consideration? Discovery’s Head of Legal Services, Harry Joffe & Senior Risk Specialist Daniel Stoch get into the finer details, as well as how to maximise benefits too. Transcript: Why offshore financial planning is relevant for South Africans — PDF (109.8 KB)