Sanlam Partnerships joins forces with IFA founded by rugby World Cup champion

Won 2019 World Cup

Sophie King
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An advisory firm founded by retired rugby champion Francois Louw has joined Sanlam's partnership programme.

Sanlam's network proposition, Sanlam Partnerships, which works with authorised representatives or directly authorised firms, will facilitate paraplanning and compliance support on behalf of RMS Advisory. Louw (pictured) was part of South Africa's Rugby World Cup team who took home the trophy in 2019, and in that same year he qualified as a financial adviser before starting his firm. He spent almost a decade playing for Bath before retiring earlier this year. RMS, which has an office in South Africa and the UK, includes a specialist sports arm dedicated to helping professional athletes...

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