Mark Cooper is a 'newly minted Finli financial planner', having sold his business to the consolidator. Here he shares his insight on the sale process and why he has found a new spring in his step as an employee...
I am 59 years old and in the process of selling my 70-client financial planning business to a consolidator. This is what I've learnt so far. If this were Instagram, I would be starting this with POV: you came to financial planning late in life but now it's your passion. When poor eyesight put paid to my dreams of becoming a Fleet Air Arm pilot I was dejected and lost all interest in school. The motivation to do well in my exams had always been about ultimately training to be a pilot. When that wasn't an option, I dropped out before I sat them. So, in 1983 aged 17, I became a tee...
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