...FINANCIAL PLANNING AGREEMENT This Financial Planning Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between Alpha Global Investments, LLC (“The Adviser”) a registered investment adviser and (“Client”), whereby Client desires to receive financial planning services as outlined below. 1. SERVICES AND FEES The Adviser provides personal financial plans consistent with a client’s financial status, investment objectives and tax status. The Adviser will obtain the necessary financial data from the Client to prepare the financial plan. The financial plan may include information regarding retirement planning, education planning, planning for major purchases, life and disability insurance needs, longterm care needs, and estate planning issues. Client will receive a written financial plan from The Adviser. The financial plan will not include information or analysis with respect to liability risks or tax planning. Fees for the financial planning services referenced above are as stated below. Client may elect to pay the fee upon execution of this Agreement, upon delivery of the written financial plan, or a combination of upfront and arrears. Client may choose to periodically update his/her personal financial plan through The Adviser. Such updates may be conducted at the election of the Client and a new agreement disclosing the services and fees will be required between The Adviser and the Client. FEES: Hourly Fees are billed at $150 per hour and are paid in full at the completion of the Financial...
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...Statement on Responsibilities in Personal Financial Planning Practice Copyright © 2010 by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. New York, NY 10036-8775 All rights reserved. For information about the procedure for requesting permission to make copies of any part of this work, please visit www.copyright.com or call (978) 750-8400. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Statement on Responsibilities in Personal Financial Planning Practice Task Force Clark Blackman II, Chair (PFP Executive Committee) and Past Chair Dirk Edwards, Chair John Connell Charles Kowal Jerry Love Randy Ryan Scott Sprinkle Ken Strauss AICPA Staff Mark Koziel, Director (Specialized Communities) Andrea Millar, Sr. Technical Manager (PFP Division) Teighlor March, Senior Manager (Legal, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs) Sarah Bradley, Project Manager (PFP Division) 2 Contents Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................. 2 Foreword ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Exceptions From This Statement............................................................................................................. 6 Responsibilities of Members in Personal Financial Planning Services Engagements .............................. 7 Professional Competence .....................................................
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...Companies Operations The company is a national financial planning organisation who offers a full range of financial services to a wide variety of clients. Vision Statement “We provide financial planning services through a national network of Adviser Practices staffed by qualified financial planners. Our advisers are dedicated to helping you to secure your financial future and achieve your lifestyle choices. We develop a deep understanding of your needs and risk profile before delivering tailored solutions to your wealth creation problems. Our goal is to work together with you on your journey over your lifetime. As one of Australia’s most respected financial planning groups, our Financial delivers unique and appropriate solutions for the creation and management of wealth.” Due to the fact that the company has not published a Vision Statement, the above passage has been taken off the WB website to analyse as such. As can be seen it is directed toward clients rather than at employees of the company but still gives a broad directional indication to managers of where to direct their operations. Overall as a vision statement the above does not provide the motivation and future direction that a properly worded vision statement can and is meant to provide. The vision is forward-looking and directional in that it gives employees an idea of what services they are to provide. It also delivers feasible objectives for employees to work towards. However, as a vision...
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...Relationship between Strategic Planning and Financial Planning Abstract: A major part of a company's success is planning. It is a process that at best helps the firms avoid uncertainty into the future backward. The companies use two types of planning-- strategic and financial planning. Strategic planning is important for strategic management of companies. Top-level managers plan not just in the context of the current competitive environment but also in the future competitive environment. What future will look like? To try to anticipate this, managers can use scenario planning techniques to plan for different possible futures (Hill, C.W.L. and Jones, G.R. 2009). Lack of effective financial planning demonstrates financial distress and failure for the firm. Financial planning establishes course of action for change and growth in firm (Ross, A.S. et al. 2011). Introduction: Strategic planning is the process of determining the path a company takes, the goals for the business and how to achieve successfully what the company wants. It also encompasses a broader concept of a business plan where projections to be made go beyond financial planning and current market forecasts (Cantoria, s.c, 2011). Whereas financial planning manages the finances over time in such a way that one can meet his/her business needs. The purpose of strategic planning is to give a road-map for the progression of the business. With a good business road map, it is possible to eliminate areas of inefficiency. Ultimately...
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...threats or opportunities. Answer: Financial planning is one distinct segment among many within financial services industry. The aim of the financial planners is to assist people to maximize the potential of their financial assets. Financial planners evaluate a client’s goals, personal circumstances and risk tolerance to help them grow and preserve their wealth, minimize taxes , complete estate planning and determine insurance needs. The financial planning has a prescribed six step process for financial planning outlined by FPSC(Financial Planners Standard Council). The industry offers various products suited to different needs of the different customers. A variety of products like Mutual Funds, Guaranteed investment certificates(GIC) , Life Insurance and Retirement plans are popular. The Revenue is generated through commissions and trailers. Additional revenue stream could be generated through life insurance sales and income tax preparation. Approximately 50000-600000 individuals offered financial advice or sold financial products in Canada out of which only 17000 had a CFP Certification. The CFP(Certified Financial Planner) designation was monitored by the FPSC and assured a client of the credibility of the financial planner as the certification assured a client that the planner had a sound understanding of the business. The future growth prospects for the industry were positive as a US study revealed that employment of personal financial advisors was expected to grow by...
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...President of Apollo Shoes, has expressed his satisfaction with the services that our firm offers and would like to continue with a full audit. Because our client does not want our firm to talk to the predecessor auditor, I recommend accepting a prospective engagement after I perform an investigation by gathering information about our client's reputation and background. Client acceptance and continuance procedures are the foundation of the risk assessment process (SAS No. 8). Upon acceptance of our client, I am confident that we will be able to move forward under the AICPA auditing standards to determine that the financial reporting framework is appropriate. My objective is to plan the audit so that it is conducted efficiently and effectively, in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. I will take into consideration the preliminary planning activities such as the client acceptance, ethical position of our audit firm and our understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control, to develop an effective and efficient overall audit strategy that will appropriately respond to assessed risks. Our engagement letter, will include the timetable of fieldwork, the scope and duration of the audit, expected delivery date, and our fee structure. Once we retain our client, substantive audit planning can begin. Determining materiality and conducting a thorough risk assessment will be part of my plan. The audit strategy will help determine the resources...
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...Complete overview of an Audit Executive summary A financial audit refers to the verification of the financial statements of a company by an audit firm in order to express a professional opinion regarding their credibility. This process begins when a client approaches the auditor if deemed reputable the auditor accepts he begins by planning how to carry out the audit. This is done by assessing several factors such as risk, materiality etc. and then obtaining feedback in order to draw up the audit plan. At this point an audit team is assembled based on the audit strategy who visit the clients premise to carry out the procedures agreed upon in the planning stage through practical work or field work. Once enough evidence is accumulated to support the auditor’s opinion a draft audit report is drawn up. The client is contacted after this and feedback is obtained to make final necessary adjustments. Once finished the final audit report is issued which expresses the auditors professional opinion and recommendations, depending on the issues at hand a follow-up review may be carried out afterwards to see clients progress in adopting the suggested changes thus concluding the audit process. Table of Contents Particulars | Page # | Introduction | 3 | Stage 1: Planning | 3 | Step 1: Notification/Engagement Letter | 4 | Step 2: Audit Strategy | 4 | Step 3: Initial Meeting | 4 | Step 4: Planning Analytical Procedures | 5 | Step 5: Risk, Materiality and Control assessment...
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...Typical Business Plan for a Financial Advisor A.) Executive Summary: The role of the wealth manager is not to simply sell a financial product to a prospect. Instead, a wealth manager’s first concern is developing a comprehensive understanding of the client, a client-centric approach to providing financial solutions. Next the wealth manager must match the right solutions to the client’s needs and desires and ensure he or she receives an exceptional service experience. After that, product and service sales opportunities will naturally follow. Making the transition is clearly a trade-off between short-term results and long-term success. Financial security through goals-based wealth management. As a wealth manager with Merrill Lynch, the emphasis would be on marketing and looking for ways to help clients with a broad array of financial capabilities. The objective is to help clients achieve their goals and dreams, whether it’s living in luxury, providing charitable contributions and/or leaving a legacy for family and friends; consult and advise clients how to best save and structure their investments to reach their goals. 1. What would your specific goals be for new assets under management? a. Year 1 – 10 Million of Assets Under Management ( 10 qualified contacts per day, 1-2 new accounts per week ). b. Year 2 – 20 Million of Assets Under Management ( 20 qualified contacts per day, 2-3 new accounts per week ). c. Year 3 – 30 Million of Assets Under Management ( 30 qualified...
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...UNIT-I Unit I: Nature of Financial Management: Meaning – Nature – Objectives – Scope- Functions of Financial Management – Financial forecasting – Financial Planning – Time Value of Money (NP) Nature of Financial Management: Meaning: Financial Management means planning, organizing, directing and controlling the financial activities such as procurement and utilization of funds of the enterprise. It means applying general management principles to financial resources of the enterprise. Nature Scope/Elements 1. Investment decisions includes investment in fixed assets (called as capital budgeting).Investment in current assets are also a part of investment decisions called as working capital decisions. 2. Financial decisions - They relate to the raising of finance from various resources which will depend upon decision on type of source, period of financing, cost of financing and the returns thereby. 3. Dividend decision - The finance manager has to take decision with regards to the net profit distribution. Net profits are generally divided into two: a. Dividend for shareholders- Dividend and the rate of it has to be decided. b. Retained profits- Amount of retained profits has to be finalized which will depend upon expansion and diversification plans of the enterprise. Get MBA study materials, articles, order business templates and stock market updates from or http://www.easymbaguide.in/ or www.easymbaguide.jimdo.com or www.easymbaguide.blogspot.com. Give your valuable feedback...
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...a vital part of financial planning as it is the tool used to ‘explore’ the life of a new investor for the first time. As you know, even people with money can be nutty. These data collection sheets are also great for staying out of trouble and keeping compliance happy. This is because you'll always have what clients told you they wanted on file: Goals, objectives, constraints, investment and insurance suitability, and investment risk tolerance. So when they have "an episode," you can easily set them straight before it escalates to the Broker Dealer / Finra / SEC level (by pulling them out and showing them what they told you in the past). These tools are the most important things every financial planner and/or investment manager should have. They're very inexpensive compared to the benefits, even if you already have financial planning questionnaires. There's going to be much more value with ours, that you can cut and paste to make your own custom financial discovery tools with. Your financial plan case writer will also love you if you get and use these, because it eliminates most all of the data input and rework problems caused by bad note taking, bad handwriting, outdated / duplicate financial statements, bad spreadsheets, and other piles of folders clients give you (correctly thinking that it's your job to make sense of). Start doing "your job right," and your paraplanner case writers will love you for a change, instead of the opposite. Financial Planning Fact Finding - Phase...
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...Capabilities Jillian Newes OI/370 8/10/2015 Anthony Barnes Innovative Capabilities Ameriprise Financial works one on one with millions of clients to help them put more dreams within reach. The company has withstood recessions, depressions, downturns and panics and has only grown stronger in over 115 years in service. They are the leaders in innovation and adapting to change and it shows in their ability to stay at the top of their competitors. There are still areas for innovation and Ameriprise is a company that adapts and changes on a daily basis whether it is through updating software, advising clients on stock market changes, or adapting to always changing federal laws in the financial world. Current Innovative Capabilities Ameriprise Financial strives to be a supreme provider of retail financial services. The key is in the relationship advisors have with clients. It is centered on complete financial planning and advice. These relationships are developed and strengthened over many years. Ameriprise works with many generations of families because they appreciate the value and peace of mind Ameriprise offers over a lifetime. Their growth strategy is simple but also very powerful. This strategy is to serve more clients who are collecting capital and transitioning to retirement, deepen relationships with existing clients through complete advice and solutions, and further develop the advisor’s value proposition to continue to build a high dynamic...
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...structures, procedures, opportunities, and hindrances. At the end of the day, a business has to do what works for them. Our company is known as a comprehensive financial planning firm with a focus on the elderly population. We concentration on Tax, investment and Legal Planning with estate and elder law and elder care health issues. Our goal is to make sure our clients not only enjoy their retirement but stay in retirement. The company principals are to provide exceptional customer service with dignity to our clients. We provide this element of service by starting the relationship with our clients by focusing on what their life goals are. We feel that by helping better define their goals and what steps need to be taken to accomplish them, it brings purpose to their investments, assets and lifetime of hard work, which goes beyond just the idea of growing your money with no end in mind or purpose. We also strive to find creative ways to give back to our communities we live and work in. We feel it is our responsibility to give back to the communities that support us and assist the less fortunate. We have tried to focus a lot of our marketing towards giving to charities and helping our clients give towards causes that are close to their hearts. During the year we have chosen certain causes to donate towards as our clients will give us a referral or donate a percentage of sales towards these causes. We feel that marketing campaigns like this help spotlight our purpose and morals...
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...Executive Summary Grizzly Bear Financial Managers is a comprehensive financial planning and estate planning consultancy. Grizzly's services are comprehensive in terms of offered products (mutual funds, equities, estate planning) and depth of research. Although it costs a fair amount of money for Grizzly to do an in-depth amount of research into prospective investments as well as possible options for the client, this up-front cost will be eclipsed by a long-term relationship that is likely to be established out of earned respect. Grizzly Bear Financial Managers serves the Portland Metropolitan area. Grizzly will be generating new clients through a combination of networking and monthly public seminars that introduces otherwise unreachable segments of the population. Besides the seminars developing new business, it is also a way that Grizzly can give back to the community. Grizzly is a sole proprietorship that will reach profitability by month eight and will have modest profits by the end of year three. Need actual charts? We recommend using LivePlan as the easiest way to create graphs for your own business plan. Create your own business plan 1.1 Mission Grizzly Bear Financial Managers' mission is to provide comprehensive financial planning services for our customers. We exist to attract and maintain customers. When we adhere to this maxim, everything else will fall into place. Our services will exceed the expectations of our customers. 1.2 Objectives The objectives...
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...A good financial advisor puts the client's interest first - understand their need, have an intelligent understanding of their situation, and works hard to achieve what they hope to gain financially in a given time period. He or she must be honest, trustworthy and demonstrates a sense of ownership to the client's business and their finances, as if losses that may be incurred would be a personal loss to them as well. With these values intact in your financial planner, you can rest assured that your net worth is well taken cared of. There are four major areas by which to gauge how qualified and competent financial advisors are: 1. Credentials - The eligibility of a financial planning professional in the United States is reviewed and affirmed by the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board of Standards Inc. The certification the board issues is the recognized standard of excellence for financial planners. This certification ensures that the financial planner met the CFP Board's requirements in terms if education and experience, and that they adhere and abide by the CFP Code of Ethics. Do your background checking and online searches, beginning with the...
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...better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Globally, we are also united by our shared values, which inspire our people worldwide and guide them to do the right thing, and our commitment to quality, which is embedded in who we are and everything we do. Advisory Services Who we are One business, one Advisory practice We operate as the most globally integrated firm, with one methodology, across all our geographical areas. It's a structure that enables us to mobilize our people quickly, and allocate them to projects in the right place, at the right time. Through our industry-focused approach and worldwide reach, we help clients like you manage risk, improve performance and sustain the results. How we work We help drive your business performance Some consulting firms think only about business strategy; some physically deploy technology; but our Advisory services help execute enterprise-wide performance transformation initiatives. We help turn strategy into reality. KPMG in Kenya provides Audit, Tax, and consulting delivering a globally consistent set of multidisciplinary financial and accounting capabilities based on deep industry knowledge. KPMG professionals in Kenya work for a wide range of clients, from global organizations to entrepreneurial start-ups., Audit We provide clients with professional advice and assurance on their controls and accounting systems all year round. We understand our clients' operations, their industry and the issues...
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