Getting to Know You

In order to provide the best financial planning solutions for your unique circumstances, we need to get to know you. You being among the few who realize the importance and need for undergoing a complete Financial Planning for yourself and on being just 1 step away of having your own financial plan. This Confidential Fact Finder outlines some of the information as advisor may wish to discuss with you. This allows us to develop suitable and appropriate strategies that will assist you achieve your goals and provide you a more productive meeting. Please be free while giving in your information to make the financial plan more ‘meaningful’.

Some clients prefer to complete the Confidential Fact Finder prior to the Discovery Meeting, and others are more comfortable waiting for the advisor to explain why certain information is important to the services they require.

Either way works, and we encourage you to proceed in the manner that is most comfortable for you.

The personal information you provided in this fact finder may be stored and used by us to help develop a recommendation and create an appropriate solution for you. This document is not a statement or a guarantee of account values. Any inaccuracies within this document may impact the recommendations provided to you. This fact finder is strictly for use within the realm of Comprehensive Financial Planning. The fact finder may not be reproduced and/or used outside of Financial Planning terms.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The information contained within this document will be used by your adviser solely for the purpose of making recommendations and will be treated strictly confidential. As you know our financial planning process involves discussing your goals, gathering pertinent data, designing solutions, and delivering a cohesive plan that you can implement to help you reach your goals. The more detailed information you provide us, the more effective we can be in assisting you to meet your financial goals.

The privacy of your personal information is important to us.

We collect your personal information to ensure that we are able to provide you with the products and services appropriate to your needs.

Financial Planning is the exercise of:

a. Gathering all the details of your financial position;
b. Understanding your financial goals;
c. Analysing all the issues and options which will form the basis of any
recommendations;
d. Providing advice and recommendations, whilst also making all the required disclosures;
e. Agreeing with the advice to allow the adviser to implement the actions required to achieve your financial goals; and
f. Agreeing on the level of further review and action required to ensure the advice and recommendations continue to achieve all identified financial goals.

The process of providing financial advice may seem simple, but it is the result of carefully gathering the right information to be able to assess your financial goals. This can be achieved through the completion or updating of a previously completed fact find. A fact find will help identify what is relevant and also helps to prioritize any action required. We aim to ensure that the personal information that we retain about you, is accurate, complete and up to date.

Conclusion:

Financial fact finder is the first step towards Financial Planning process. In simple term, financial planning is the process of establishing personal and financial goals and creating a way to reach them. The FP exercise is a must and most recommendable for any person at all times. The process begins with understanding what you want to achieve.

We thank you for giving us an opportunity to serve you.