Qualifications and Credentials

The gold standard for firms is to achieve corporate Chartered status. We are a Chartered Financial Planners firm and this status has delivered benefits to our business, our staff and, most importantly, our clients.

Our Managing Director, Brian Benson, has attained industry-leading status too. He is a Chartered Financial Planner, Certified Financial Planner, and Chartered Wealth Manager. He also holds the Society of Later Life Accreditation (SOLLA) and is authorised to provide defined benefit (final salary) transfer advice.

If you receive regulated investment advice you should ensure that the firm is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the adviser is registered with suitable qualifications.

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Chartered Financial Planner and Chartered Wealth Manager

Chartered status is a symbol of technical competence and signifies a public commitment to professional standards.

Attaining Chartered status is challenging and takes commitment, but it is achievable. Here is how Chartered sets individuals apart:

Differentiation
Specialised knowledge
Acknowledged professionalism
Chartered status is recognised and respected by consumers as a mark of trust

Certified Financial Planner

A CISI CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM professional has the knowledge, skills, and experience to help you to review all of your options so you can make informed decisions about what you want from life both now and in future.

They have been tested to make sure they meet rigorous international competency, ethical and professional practice standards. This means that not only will you have peace of mind regarding the technical accuracy of their advice but also the integrity that underpins it.

They will work with you to make sure you are in control of your finances and achieve your life goals. The best financial planning results come from working with a CFP professional. When seeking objective, expert and trusted financial planning advice you should always look for those who carry the CFP mark.

Society of Later Life Advisers

SOLLA was established in 2008 as a not for profit organisation dedicated to higher standards and accessibility to regulated financial advice for older people and their families. There are no shareholders and any profit is used to sustain the Society and its objectives.

The Society of Later Life Advisers is committed to:

Promoting and raising awareness amongst people, their families and professional advisers of financial issues faced in retirement and later life
Building relationships with statutory and voluntary agencies, charities, housing, and social care providers, financial services firms and those organisations who are involved in the financial wellbeing of those in later life
Raising the standards of practice of those engaged in advising older people by promoting the highest levels of professionalism in financial advice
Identifying and developing best practice by the provision of high-quality training and the distribution of the latest information and know-how in later life issues
Acting as a source of technical excellence for later life advisers
Actively inputting into legislative and policy changes and contributing to debates on policy

– Jeff Prestridge, personal finance editor of The Mail on Sunday
“Most advisers in banks would not have the specialist “CF8” long-term care qualification, which was introduced to prevent mis-selling. Independent financial advisers who are members of the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) are best qualified to give long-term care advice, and offer customers the choice to pay upfront fees or commission.”

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