A new group for female financial planners has officially launched today (27 October) with the aim of supporting women in the industry with mentoring and education initiatives.
FFEM was founded by Magenta Financial Planning managing director and Chartered financial planner Gretchen Betts and will look to compliment the work of other trade bodies and initiatives in the industry as a specialist community for women and non-binary financial planners. Speaking at FFEM's launch event today (27 October), Betts said that despite the positive work being done by various groups in the industry it is "really important to note there is still a gap". "I want to make sure anyone moving from a trainee role, to being a paraplanner and through to a planner has a support netwo...
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