1 - Financial Planning - (17/80) Flashcards
6-Step Financial Planning Process
- Establish and define relationships
- Collect info (goals, objectives, priorities)
- Analyse financial situation
- Develop recommendations and present
- Implement recommendations
- Review and modify
Financial planning vs Financial advice
Planning = changes over time Advice = static
What may clients need to be provided with?
Financial plan Client agreement Suitability report Product information KIID Illustrations
Financial Plan Process (5 steps)
- State current position
- Evaluate current position
- Client objectives and time horizons
- Demonstrate shortfall
- Recommend solutions
Financial Plan Contents (long list)
Objectives and priorities
Assumptions
Attitudes to risk
Net worth
Income and expenditure
Recommendations Other issues Action plan Review schedule Other relevant people/set ups
Appendices
Nature of Client-Adviser Relationship
Regulatory duties = FCS terms of business etc.
Contractual duties = business or client agreements
Approved Person Responsibilities (FCA)
Act with integrity
Skill, care, due diligence
Market conduct standards
Deal openly with regulators
Collecting Client Information - Types of Questions
Ask open and closed questions
Open = soft data e.g. "How do you feel about investing in equities?" Closed = hard data e.g. "How old are you?"
Collecting Client Information - FCA Requirements
Must fill out KYC forms and do background/AML checks
Shows evidence/paper trail of acting in client best interests
Fact-Finding process
- Personal information
- Financial information
- Objectives
- Attitude to risk
Risk Profiling
- Appetite for risk = amount willing to take
- Risk tolerance = comfort with volatility levels
- Capacity for loss
Affordability and Suitability
Include assessments of liquidity needs and time horizons
Must satisfy needs, risk profile, expertise
Must remain considerate of ethical/religious intentions
Advice vs Guidance
Advice = regulated, about specific products/solutions Guidance = generic, customer makes own decision
E.g. guidance = “Investing in the UK stock market is wise”
Advice = “Purchase this FTSE 100 tracker from Vanguard”
The Money and Pensions Service
Combines 3 older government guidance bodies:
- The Money Advice Service
- Pension Wise
- The Pensions Advisory Service
UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing
- Financial Foundations
- Nation of Savers
- Credit Counts
- Better Debt Advice
- Future Focus
FAMR recommended ‘streamlined advice’ from the government