Five things clients will call you about this week

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It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Financial life planning We've been following the development of financial life planning here on IFAonline and it seems the nationals are also taking note. The Telegraph ran a rather straightforward piece on the movement, which aims to transform the client's relationship with money, asking whether it was all worth it. It spoke to both George Kinder, the father of financial life planning, as well as a UK practitioner. The description of financial life planning as "hippy nonsense" may have left readers unsure about its value. Carbon credits Another week, another warning about carbon ...

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