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Tom Brukman

Tom Brukman

Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and Director of Financial Planning at Chartered Wealth Solutions in Cape Town, South Africa, specializing in retirement planning and family financial transitions.

Jun 17, 2026

3:26
But I mean, just Tom, to say on this for a moment, what do you see as the most common forms that this kind of support takes? I mean, obviously we get the groceries maybe or rent for a month, or does it often hide in smaller recurring expenses that nobody properly adds up?
3:44
Yeah, so it's interesting because when I thought about today's podcast and I looked at a lot of different client scenarios, there was a commonality.
3:54
And I think one of the commonalities, and it kind of just carries on, is around the expenses that we just get used to as adults that continue.
4:02
And a lot of them take the form and debit orders.
4:05
So what I mean by that is something like medical aid.
4:07
So you have your children or dependents on your medical aid, and that continues.
4:13
And then you just adjust your lifestyle to the medical aid increases.

17 MINS LATER

21:31
What does that do to a financial plan? And are retirees and maybe pre-retirees underestimating the pressure of being the kind of financial shock absorber for the entire family system?

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