About four out of ten readers have given the CISI’s first ever Financial Planning conference an ‘excellent’ rating in an online poll.

The proportion of old IFP members that kept their membership going after the CISI merger dropped to about 50% back in May but has risen again to 82%.

The founder of Acumen Financial Planning has described the “huge honour” of being named Accredited Financial Planning Firm of the Year.

Two Financial Planning awards were axed because entries “weren’t that good” in one category, while the other lacked a single candidate.