Our Financial Planning Process
Take control of your finances and focus on the goals that matter to you most. With the help of an Infocus Financial Adviser, youll develop a practical financial plan that is custom-made to fit you and your familys needs.
1. Getting
to know each other
The first and most important step in creating your financial plan
is the get-to-know-you phase. Here, we explore your current
financial situation, identify where you are now and where you want
to be in the future, as well as determine your risk profile, which
is based on your current circumstances and your attitude to
investing.
This step is also where you get to know us. Common questions asked at this point are about your Infocus advisers background and qualifications, how often youll need to meet, what risks are involved--if any and, most importantly, the costs.
2. Broad
ideas and strategies
Based on what we know about you and your goals, we'll then get
together to discuss some broad investment strategies and go over
your options based on your risk profile. This step allows us to
confirm if we're on the right track to creating a plan tailored
specifically to you.
3. Presenting
our recommendations
This stage is where we formally present our recommended
strategy to you in what we call a Statement of Advice (SOA). Your
SOA will detail everything we know about you, any assumptions we've
made, every aspect of our recommendations and a plan for how we
will implement your strategy. Here you'll have the opportunity to
discuss the strategy in detail to ensure that you understand and
are comfortable with it.
4. Putting
your plan in motion
Once we're totally satisfied that you're comfortable with our
recommendations and that you're fully aware of what we'll be
putting in place, youll then be in a position to give us the
authority to implement the agreed strategy on your behalf.
5. Regular
reviews
As with any plan, we need to keep track of how things are
progressing along the way to see if anything needs to change.
Regular reviews are critical to the success of any financial plan
as they allow us to check on any changes to your financial
situation, and to track the progress of your strategy and determine
if we need to revise any part of our plan of attack. Depending on
your financial plan, reviews normally take place every six to
twelve months.
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