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Alan Gow – Argonaut Paraplanning

2 February 2016

Leaving paid employment to start out on your own and set up an outsourced paraplanner firm is a considerable step to take, as Alan Gow director of Argonaut Paraplanning can confirm. In fact, the name Argonaut reflects that, Alan says: “ I looked it up and one of the meanings was ‘a step into...
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Helen Park – Clay Rogers & Partners

11 December 2015

Rising to the challenge For this issue’s paraplanner profile we talk to Helen Parker, winner of the PFS Paraplanner of the Year award 2015, about her role as senior paraplanner and paraplanning as a profession Helen Parker, senior paraplanner with Midlands-based Clay Rogers & Partners Ltd, has over 25 years experience of working in...
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Adam Wareing – Clarion Wealth Planning

23 November 2015

IFP Paraplanner of the Year 2015 Adam Wareing has a self-confessed “passion” for financial planning. Previously a financial planner, such was his desire to concentrate on “proper financial planning” he left the adviser firm he joint founded so that he could set up his own financial planning company. He is now head of paraplanning...
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Jade Connolly – Thomas Miller Investment

1 October 2015

“I think that as a paraplanner, currently, you can shape that role into what you want it to be, to a certain extent. There are multiple definitions of what a paraplanner is and it depends on what you want to do and where you are going to work as to what the role will...
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Rob Ellis – Equilibrium Asset Management

22 September 2015

Rob Ellis, client manager with Cheshire-based Equilibrium Asset Management, heads up the implementation team, which is tasked with successfully onboarding new clients.
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Scott Daniels, director, PLUS Group

11 September 2015

Rob Kingsbury talks to Scott Daniels, director of the PLUS Group, about becoming a paraplanner and spotting the opportunity in the market to set up a paraplanning and PA/Admin outsourcing service.
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Martin Green – Chadney Bulgin

27 July 2015

Martin Green has two paraplanning awards under his belt and says he intends to use them to help promote paraplanning around the industry. “I wouldn’t want to put the award on the shelf and leave it there – I believe if you’ve been given that kind of accolade then you should use it to represent...
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Nathan Fryer – Plan Works

26 June 2015

Nathan Fryer set up outsourced paraplanning firm Plan Works in 2014. He’s now looking to expand the operation. Nathan Fryer, director and paraplanner at outsourced paraplanning firm Plan Works, began his working life within the sales side of asset management houses dealing with the intermediary market. Over 10 years he says he met with...
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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.
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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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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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