Financial Planning Forum

The Financial Planning Forum is a strong network of professionals who are practicing Financial Planners or those who have an interest in Financial Planning. Run by its own committee comprising practitioners in the field who work closely with the CISI on the overall financial planning strategy, plan forthcoming events, identify areas of interest and source speakers. The forum events – run under Chatham House Rule – provide the opportunity to network with colleagues, listen to Financial Planning focused presentations, engage in open discussion, receive relevant information from us to assist your day to day activities and finally to share ideas and challenges in a confidential setting. The Forum aims to run at least six London based events a year as well as championing all things Financial Planning to wider general public audience including national campaigns such as Financial Planning week. This Forum is open to all CISI members - Chartered members, FCSI, MCSI, ACSI and Affiliate members.

FPSB Ambassador Programme

The FPSB (Financial Planning Standards Board) has a new Ambassador Programme which is aimed at encouraging CFP professionals around the world to engage stakeholders with messages on the value of financial planning and CFP certification; in doing so the programme will benefit the public by raising the awareness of financial planning and raising awareness of the designation. The role of an ambassador is to communicate the importance of financial planning alongside the need for CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™s by spreading the word through the media and local branch meetings.

1. Media experts – the CISI receives a number of financial planning related requests every year which are usually responded to by our Head of Financial Planning, Jacqueline Lockie. With the introduction of the Ambassador Programme, the CISI see these media requests as an opportunity to get CFPs involved within the media to provide quotes/information on several specialist topics. As the aim is to promote the designation, the media requests would have to be settled by a CFP with subject specialisms and information on the topics that the national press regularly ask for.
2. Mentoring scheme – to grow the number of CFPs within the UK, the Ambassador Programme will see the introduction of a mentoring scheme which comprises of volunteer CFP mentors willing to provide training and support to financial planners as they gain their CFP designation. There have been a number of successful mentoring programmes within financial planning and we hope to involve as many existing CFPs as possible to help grow the designation and provide their expert advice.
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3. Community of speakers – The CISI are looking for volunteer CFP™ professionals who would be willing to speak at local branch meetings and events on a range of topics. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact financial.planning@cisi.org for more information