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3 top tips for managing a team

15 April 2019

We asked Jonny Stubbs, head of Technical Support, Lift-Financial, to give us his three top tips for fellow paraplanners moving into a role where they are managing a team, based on his experiences. He said: 1. Lead, motivate and drive One of the biggest changes moving from a paraplanning role to running a paraplanning team was...
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The retirement journey and the value of advice

3 April 2019

The retirement journey and the value of advice Sponsored article When undertaking DIY at home, some say that the amateur should plan on their project taking twice as much time and three times as much money as the original estimate. The reason? DIYers make mistakes. The FCA has highlighted a similar principle in...
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TDQ: Test Your Knowledge – Questions

3 April 2019

For Professional Paraplanner’s TDQ (Training, Development and Qualifications) series, we have teamed up with key support providers, such as Brand Financial Training, to provide our readers with the very best in training, development and exam support. This series aims to provide you with valuable advice and guidance materials to help you achieve your training...
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TDQ: Test Your Knowledge – Answers

3 April 2019

As part of our Training, Development and Qualifications (TDQ) series, Professional Paraplanner has teamed up with key training and exam support providers to help you to, amongst other things, revise for your qualifications.
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5 Revision Methods to try out in 2019 – which one best suits you?

18 February 2019

How do you find the study method that best suits you? Brand Financial Training takes a look at a selection of the different techniques that are available to help you commit information to memory. This post was originally published on the Brand Financial Training Blog at <https://brandft.co.uk/5-revision-methods-to-try-out-in-2019-which-one-best-suits-you/> and has been reproduced here with their permission. ...
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Why 25 is the magic number

15 January 2019

When you’re seriously up against the clock, with coursework deadlines or exams lurking menacingly on the not-too-distant horizon, it’s essential to use every moment of revision time wisely. Brand Financial Training suggests a technique that can help you to maintain focus. This post was originally published on the Brand Financial Training Blog at and...
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Make things simpler with Prudential’s Extracting Company Profits tool

26 February 2018

Prudential’s suite of tools and calculators can help generate discussions with clients. One of the most popular one just now is the Extracting Company Profits tool. This tool helps you discuss the different options clients have for extracting profits from their business. You can input a client’s current remuneration structure and highlight how adjusting...
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Tips for exam preparation

16 June 2017

In this extended Paraplanner Pointers, Neil Clarke paraplanner with Montfort International, who has written exam questions in the past and marked the advanced (AF) exams for the CII, offers some of his tips for candidates when prepping to take their exams. When writing the advanced exam questions, the writers try to make them as...
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Experienced Paraplanner Wanted – South Wales – Salary Dependent on Experience

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Magenta is an award-winning financial planning firm based in Bridgend, South Wales, and we are looking for another experienced Paraplanner to join our team – to deliver Planning with Passion to our clients.

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We asked five of our presenters what they would most like paraplanners to take away from their sessions at the Technical Insight Seminars 2018. Here’s what Rory Percival had to say about his very popular session.

The Technical Insight Seminars are being hosted around the country at 11 venues. There are still places at some venues so if you’d like to join over 700 of your fellow paraplanners who have registered to attend, Email info@researchinfinance.co.uk for more info.

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In this video, Rebecca Lucas, founder and director of Lime Outsourced Paraplanning, talks about the qualities she feels are needed for anyone looking to set up an outsourced paraplanning business.

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In this video, with Elsa Ordonez Garcia, paraplanner with Mazars, shares her view on how to get the best from the adviser/paraplanner relationship.

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Paraplanner profile December - Rob Kingsbury talked to Kirsty Stone, CISI Paraplanner of the Year 2017, about being a Law graduate, volunteering for Citizens Advice Bureau, working at Pension Wise and becoming senior paraplanner at Dart Capital.

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Professional Paraplanner Technical Insight Seminars continue this autumn starting on 6 September in Edinburgh.
Attendance is free for paraplanners.

If you are undecided on whether to attend one of our Seminars – or you need some ammunition to put forward your case for attending – in the video below see what some of the paraplanners at the London event thought of the day.

We have three great days lined up for you at each of our events - featuring plenary sessions and workshops – and we look forward to seeing you there.

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For our September issue, we filmed our Paraplanner Profile Caroline Stuart talking about why she will be hosting the national Paraplanners Powwow this year.

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Possibly the best para-life-planning role in the world

Great opportunity to be a key part of a fintech enabled team set on transforming the Wealth Management sector.

Check out the role in the jobs section - www.professionalparaplanner.co.uk/jobs

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Standards International, Michelle Hoskin, MD gives an update on the paraplanning standard.

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Alan Gow, Owner, Argonaut Paraplanning, Outsourced Paraplanning Services Provider, gives us an insight into his experience as a delegate at the Technical Insight Seminar, Bristol, 9th November 2016.

Thirty five paraplanners from across the South-West joined us at the Aztec Hotel & Spa for an educational seminar. The delegates heard speakers from The FCA, Technical Connection, Invesco Perpetual, BlackRock iShares, Fidelity, Columbia Threadneedle and Investec Structured Product on a wide range of topics.

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Ashley Maloney, Paraplanner at Vestra Wealth LLP, gives us an insight into her experience as a delegate at the Technical Insight Seminar, London, 8th June 2016.

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