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We get to make 5 people extra happy this Friday by announcing the winners of October’s EBnet.Kidsaver competition. Congrats to: Yusuf Vawda, Brenda Accom, Willem Smith, Kabelo Kwakwa and Biance Louwies. Your prize of a R1 000 Easy Equities account is on its way to you. We still have 2 months left of this competition, so head over to the EBnet.Kids page and meet our EBnet.Kids mascots, who will help you save for your children’s education, and teach your kids about money.
Our EBnet.Kids mascots have been very busy this week. They announced the 2025 Evolutionary Award winners at a star studded gala event on Tuesday. You can catch the highlights here. One of our winners was Paragon Impact, whose work in measuring ESG returns was voted as the winner of the Evolution in Employee Benefits & Advice category by the attendees of the recent EBnet Evolutionaries Conference.
This links in with a conversation at Day 2 of the 2025 Actuarial Society’s Conference on impact investing, where the conversation is right now and possible solutions we can expect. Catch these, and other highlights on hybrid annuities and two-pot, in my write up. And for even more on ESG investing, check out the summary article on SAVCAs recent VC Conference.
I also need to point you to Deirdre Philips’ (Bowmans) article on the Constitutional Court’s recent Van Wyk decision – that’s the one on parental leave – and its impact on retirement funds and employee benefits.
It’s been a conference forward week for this Ed. Thank you to all who popped past and shared a coffee and their thoughts and ideas – it’s really great to interact with our community. Catch the Weekly Scoop for all the tea!
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