IFP to announce CISI merger decision on Monday

The body has called a board meeting for 4 September at which it said it would make its decision. Over the past month, the IFP has been gauging member reaction via live webinars, face-to-face meetings and phone calls. But it stopped short of giving members a direct vote on the move, which will likely see the IFP become a 'forum' for financial planning within the larger CISI. The IFP said the merger was motivated by a desire to grow the financial planning community in the UK, which, it later emerged, it felt would not be possible as a stand-alone body given the IFP's financial positi...