Veteran Financial Planner Francis Klonowski has won the prestigious Certified Financial Planner of the Year Award in the CISI Annual Awards.

Financial Planning firms have told Financial Planning Today that they have had their growth plans held back due to struggles in finding the right Paraplanning, compliance, IT and legal staff to join their teams.

The annual conference of the Paraplanners Assembly community will go virtual for the second year in a row in September and adopt a space theme.

Experienced Paraplanner Kim Bendall has launched an outsourced Paraplanning firm called Go Paraplanning.