Financial planning for a special-needs child
By Hester van der Merwe CFP®, Ultima Financial Planners, Financial Planner of the year 2020 Raising a child is stressful and expensive – ask any parent. But raising a child with special needs is exponentially so. Schooling requirements are different, constant care might be required (often throughout the child’s life), medical bills are higher, and there’s […]
How to make financial planning a family affair
Just as a ship’s captain is ultimately responsible for the wellbeing of those aboard his vessel, managing the family finances is serious stuff, strictly to be dealt with by the head of the house, right? Think again… This might have been the norm in the past, but things are changing, and they’re changing for the […]