The Greatest Gift

What’s the greatest gift you can give to the people you love? Whatever your answer is, one thing remains true: with long-term investing, small steps today can turn into lasting freedom for the people who matter most in your life. Watch the videos in our series to see how others are turning their love for their loved ones into a lasting legacy.

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The Greatest Gift video series

How do you build a secure future for your child when you're doing it on your own?

Candice Paxton, our Sales Support Specialist, says that it started with one very important lesson for her daughter: invest early. As a single mom to her 10-year-old, she believes the greatest gift she can give her is to teach her about investing, a habit that naturally builds discipline, strengthens good decision-making, and plants the seeds of financial freedom. Watch Candice's video to see why long-term investing is an act of love, courage, and generational upliftment.

17 November 2025 | 1 min watch

How do you turn a childhood dream into a lifelong lesson in financial freedom?

For Shabnam Abdullah, Finance Manager, it started with her nephew’s dream of going to Chuck E. Cheese in the USA. Instead of saying “one day,” she opened a Nedgroup Investments Unit Trust to give him a real passport to financial freedom. By investing for the long-term, she’s teaching her nephew patience and discipline, and gifting him the means to explore what’s possible.

10 November 2025 | 1 min watch

How do you nurture curiosity while securing stability?

Meet Taryn Menne, Senior Communications Manager, who shares how she’s investing today to give her children the freedom to be curious and the foundation to thrive. She wants her children to explore the world with wonder, to ask questions, take risks and experience lots of adventure. Taryn is investing today to give her children the courage to be curious and the confidence that their future is secure.

03 November 2025 | 1 min watch

How do you build wealth when you weren’t born into it?

This week, Lona Mapoma, our Data Specialist, shares her personal journey as a young professional who is learning the importance of investing early, because while many of us may not inherit wealth, it is possible to build it with one decision, one habit and one contribution at a time. Her story highlights the enduring benefits of long-term investing and reminds us that any great legacy begins with the decision to start wherever you are.

27 October 2025 | 1 min watch

What’s the greatest financial lesson you wish you'd learned earlier in life?

In our second video from "The Greatest Gift" series, Hayley Roux, Compliance Officer, tells us that she's passing on lessons about the power of choice, and teaching her children to shape their own future by making smart financial decisions early on in their lives. And that's the value of long-term investing: with discipline and foresight, we gain the freedom to live life on our own terms.

24 October 2025 | 1 min watch

In a world that moves so fast, how do you teach your loved ones the power of patience?

For Pierre de Klerk, our Head of Compliance, it’s teaching his children about delayed gratification and reinforcing the lesson that sometimes you have to give up something now to gain something greater in the future. His message mirrors the heart of long-term investing: patience, perspective, and belief in the bigger picture.

24 October 2025 | 1 min watch

Hear from our people on love, legacy, and long-term investing

What’s the greatest gift you can give to the people you love? Whatever your answer is, one thing remains true: with long-term investing, small steps today can turn into lasting freedom for the people who matter most in your life. We asked our colleagues to share what the greatest gift to their loved ones would be, and we'll be sharing their individual stories over the next few weeks. Keep an eye out because their answers might just surprise or inspire you.

23 October 2025 | 1 min watch

Explore our range of videos discussing the latest industry developments

17 November 2025

Citywire series 3: Time to constrain the ‘unconstrained’ bond sector

17 November 2025

Citywire series 2: QE exits a gift for active investors

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