Initiative for Financial Wellbeing adds financial coaching stream to its brand

Five launched last year

Sophie King
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The Initiative for Financial Wellbeing (IFW) has added a sixth stream to its brand following the launch of the first five back in December last year.

The new financial coaching stream, a training course to help advisers and paraplanners learn the principles of financial coaching, will be led by The Money Panel founder and IFW executive member Catherine Morgan (pictured). She will also be joined by a team of coaches, the first of which includes Wise Monkey Financial Coaching money coach and financial life planner Simonne Gnessen.  Morgan said: "I'm delighted that the IFW is going to provide a space where we can support more financial services experts and financial planners to navigate this landscape, develop and grow." IFW chairm...

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