IFP takes on Paraplanner of the Year award

Carmen Reichman
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The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has taken over the organisation of the Paraplanner of the Year award, previously run by The Paraplanners.

The award was created in 2008 and has been organised by Richard Allum and his team at the outsourced paraplanning business since then. Allum, who is a board director of the IFP, will continue to act as one of the judges post take-over, alongside paraplanner Martin Vaughan, Patrick Ingram of Parmenion, and Steve Gazzard from the IFP who will chair the panel. Allum said: "The IFP's dedication to professional development in paraplanning has been instrumental in raising paraplanning's profile and its professional standing over recent years. "Rewarding exceptional performance among thei...

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