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“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
Paulo Coelho
OUR TEAM
Expert Financial Advice
MEET PHILLIP
I have been consulting as a Financial Advisor since 1989.
In 2002 I established DPI Financial Services as an independent financial advisory practice.
Trust is foremost in all our client relationships, and we feel privileged to share in each client’s individual journey. I use a holistic approach to financial planning, ensuring that you and your family are adequately provided for during your working lifetime, retirement and upon death. My professional work ethic is guided by my core values of honesty, integrity, and transparency, enabling me to provide you with a tailor-made financial solution, based on your specific needs and situation.
Qualifications: Certified Financial Planner ® Bachelor of Commerce (Wits) Post-graduate Diploma in Financial Planning ( UFS) Member of the Financial Planning Institute (FPI) and Commissioner of Oaths.
MEET GORDON
My objective is to guide you to financial success by protecting you and your family, your business and your employees, from expected and unexpected life events.
I embrace the opportunity to deliver tailor-made and diversified financial planning solutions to individuals and companies. The combination of my personal background, experience and qualifications enable me to provide you with expert financial advice and Intermediary Services.
With the assistance of my proficient team, I am able to support you with the implementation of a holistic plan to achieve your financial goals.
Qualifications: Bcomm Financial Analysis
MEET AVIVA
I have been part of the team at DPI Financial Services since 2005. As office manager and personal assistant to our planners, I engage regularly with our clients and service providers.
I believe that a friendly and helpful approach creates robust and mutually beneficial relationships, and ensures that all our business interactions and processes run smoothly and efficiently. I have an intricate knowledge and experience of our profession and prioritise all client requests and queries, completing them properly and timeously.
LATEST BLOGS
Updated every week to keep you informed
The new retirementality
The freedom of an open hand
Creating a single view for your wealth
The invisible scripts
The value of a financial thinking partner
The real purpose of short-term insurance
Am I going to be okay?
What’s running the show?
Financially stronger
50 to 80 might be our most productive years
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
Paulo Coelho
YOUR SOLUTIONS
Helping you choose the right products to create a portfolio that will fit the life you want to plan
Life Cover
Life cover ensures that you protect the future of your spouse and children. DPI Financial Services will assess the adequacy of your life assurance cover and ensure that there is sufficient cover in place.
Wills & Estates
Dying without a Will makes it complicated and difficult for your family. It is important that Wills are kept updated and adequately cater for your personal wishes. DPI Financial Services can assist with both Wills and deceased estates.
Critical Illness & Disability Cover
Many people survive critical illnesses like cancer and heart disease. Unfortunately, the financial burden of these illnesses can be significant, and it's important to have provision to cover these costs, as well as potential lifestyle changes. Also known as Dread Disease Cover, this product helps you provide a financial solution at a time when you may need it most.
If a family member is temporarily or permanently disabled, there could very likely be a loss of income, as well as additional costs for future lifestyle changes. Disability Cover provides a solution for this situation.
Investments
Investing successfully can be complex and difficult. By using our access to specialist investment companies and investment tools, our clients can tailor investments to their specific requirements. Whether short or long term, low or high risk, DPI Financial Services will assist you in achieving your investment goals, beating inflation and reducing tax.
Employee Benefits
DPI Financial Services can assist your company in providing group benefits for your employees. This includes Pension or Provident funds, Group Retirement Annuities, Group Risk cover and Group Medical Aid & Gap Cover.
Business Assurance
It is important to consider the consequences for your business should a partner or key individual become disabled or pass on. DPI Financial Services can arrange Key-person Insurance or Buy and Sell agreements to provide risk mitigation solutions for these situations.
Medical Aid & Gap Cover
DPI Financial Services advise clients on finding the most suitable Medical Aid and Gap Cover plans according to their needs. These can range from basic hospital plans to fully comprehensive medical aids.
Pre-Retirement Planning
Planning for retirement is a process best started at a very young age, due to the extremely powerful concept of compound interest. DPI Financial Services has assisted many clients over the years to start planning their retirement early, so they can reap the benefits at retirement age.
Please contact us to discuss this, as well as the favourable tax benefits acquired by contributing to a retirement plan.
Post-Retirement Planning
Retirement can be a challenging period in a person’s life. Issues such as having insufficient provisions for one’s retirement years, as well as keeping busy and stimulated after stopping to work, should be considered.
Short Term
Without it, no risk portfolio is complete. With DPI, you can enjoy all of your protection under one roof and of course, at the best rates.
South Africa is faced with numerous challenges – from harsh weather conditions to loadshedding and theft, the risks associated with business and everyday life are many. It’s for this reason that insurance is so crucial to protecting one’s assets in case of an unforeseen event.
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
Paulo Coelho
ARE YOU SAVING ENOUGH?
How healthy is your financial plan when it comes to saving and provisioning funds for the future? Digital technology and our diverse economic systems and policies have increased our options both for investment and for risk protection. This is an arena that is constantly changing, growing rapidly and needs to be monitored regularly – which is one reason for having your own financial planner!
WHO DO YOU CHOOSE?
If you have never worked with a financial advisor before, you may find yourself overwhelmed by the choice, confused by the jargon and frustrated at the cost! But in the same way you wouldn't service your own car, it's good to have someone you trust to advise and guide you to make healthy decisions about your wealth.
CREATE WINNING STRATEGIES
Aside from being an expert in the money game and having a keen sense of the conditions and lay of the financial landscape, winning strategies are born inside of a relationship of trust, mutual understanding and a commitment to strive for the same goals. Your financial advisor should bring you peace-of-mind and help you maintain control of your finances.
TESTIMONIALS
Hear it from my clients
Phillip has been my financial advisor for more years than he or I care to remember.
I turned to Phillip after many disappointments with Old Mutual, who ended up charging me fees for no service rendered, and Absa whose consultants were working on the premise that unless there was a fat fee involved for their personal benefit, they would not even return a phone call.
Phillip has been the complete opposite of this and will answer any query, no matter how trivial, and has referred me to other people for that little bit of help that goes a long way. Phillip actually listens to what you say, as I experienced with him drafting my will compared to Absa, who failed to follow instructions and wanted to charge me without the will being completed in accordance with my wishes.
Richard Holden (Part 1)
This approach has not been confined to myself. A work colleague experienced the same level of service from Phillip, when faced with a similar situation with an advisor who was more interested in the fee than the service. Also, Phillip managed to sort out an investment, for him, in less than 24 hours to avoid a tax bill.
Phillip has always been totally transparent about what he charges, I work on the basis of a fee for the actual work done, and I would say that his fees are more than reasonable and represent value for money.
In short, a man you can do business with!
Richard Holden (Part 2)
We have been extremely happy with the service provided by DPI Financial Services. Phillip is fantastic to work with. Phillip always responds to queries quickly and calmly and without complication. We value their advice and attention to detail.
We would be happy to recommend DPI Financial Services.
Linda Da Silva
Having Phillip as my financial advisor is a pleasure. I believe that he goes above and beyond in looking out for my best interests. It’s honestly one of the best decisions I have made. In hindsight, I wish I could have made much earlier.
Sithembile Myeni
DPI Financial Services is looking after my financial interest with expertise and professionalism.
Phillip Israelsohn is only a phone call away and always ready to assist. He has many years of experience and he knows what options are better suited for a client’s particular needs and he will explain each option in everyday language to afford the client a good opportunity to make the best investment decision.
I have been Phillip’s customer for a very long time and over the years he has guided me into a reliable and rewarding investment experience and I am now reaping the benefits of his sound advice in my retirement years.
I recommend DPI Financial Services to anyone who is serious about making sound investments for a better future.
Stef Coppo
I was a salary earner for most of my working life. My provision for retirement had been limited to the uncoordinated purchase of endowment and retirement annuities. But retrenchment and a not too successful period in my own business had me reach my late fifties with less financial security than I would have liked.
I was introduced to Phillip in 2001, five years before my retirement. His process to understand my circumstances and requirements was thorough and professional. At no time did I get the feeling that his recommendations were influenced by potential commissions.
Always proactive, Phillip makes me feel I am his only client, and his proposals for changes, some quite big in the early days, but now only minor refinements, have always been in my best interests.
I wish I’d had DPI looking after my financial affairs before 2001.
Richard Gordon Brown
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
Paulo Coelho
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