More than 130 Paraplanner delegates are in Hinckley, Leics, today for the annual CISI Paraplanner Conference 2017, which is getting under way this morning.

A former President of the Institute of Financial Planning has joined the board of a firm bidding to become the UK’s largest independent wealth management business.

The Julie Lord column

So the debate has been raging about whether Chartered Financial Planner or Certified Financial Planner is more useful.

Cashflow modelling, platform due diligence and a former fighter pilot are on the billing for next week’s CISI Paraplanner Conference 2017.