FPA welcomes the new faces of financial planning

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) welcomes the new faces of financial planning to the professional body after already breaking 1,000 new members in financial year 2012-2013. Female financial planners represent

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Harness the power of social media

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Financial and professional services as industries have been incredibly slow to adapt and evolve to using new methods of engaging with existing and prospective clients through Social and Digital Media. 

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3 steps for mastering the recruitment challenge – part 1

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2012 has thrown up a number of significant challenges for advisers but the one that has caused no end of frustration has been the issue of staff recruitment. Many owners of

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No seriously, it’s not you–it’s me!

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Welcome to the latest CPD article from Ray Griffin in which he explores what for some is the most difficult thing to do in professional practice – to ‘let a

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Creating a win-win is the key to successful networking

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The key to successful professional networking is as simple as creating a win-win…everyone know that. Advisers historically – for all their networking and personal sales and relationship management skills –

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Why didn’t you get the business?

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In my role as a specialist coach to Financial Advisers I get the privilege of speaking to your clients and finding out what they like and what they don’t like;

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Dropping the ‘F Bomb’

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Settle down now – this is a paper on the other ‘F Bomb’, the one that now is a must for every financial adviser. That four letter word is of

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Finding the right paraplanner for your business

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To be able to attract, develop and retain the right paraplanning staff for your business it’s crucial first to fully understand what paraplanning is as well as the different types

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What does Female Excellence look like in 2012? Like this…#3

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Excellence in advice is more than just providing quality advice, it’s about going over and beyond your call of duty to provide the support and living tools people need –

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