Financial Planners and Paraplanners are being invited to attend a free seminar in London on DFM due diligence being run by the online DFM forum DISCUS and Financial Planning Today.

The morning event on Tuesday 6 December will explore the current regulatory position on due diligence, the facts around regulatory statements to date and the relevance for the discretionary investment market, both for advisers and providers.

The aim will be to shine a light for advisers on some of the changing issues surrounding due diligence on DFM selection for advisers. With Discretionary Fund Managers and Centralised Investment Propositions growing in popularity among planners, the topical seminar will be timely and useful.

The seminar will take place in the City of London at Aviva's offices at St Helen's, Undershaft, and will include technical presentations on DFM due diligence from Synaptic’s Eric Armstrong and a leading regulatory expert to be announced shortly. Apart from presentations from expert speakers there will also be a panel debate chaired by Financial Planning Today editor Kevin O’Donnell.

He said: “The enormous growth in recent years of DFM propositions makes this morning update for planners a valuable and timely seminar. We’re pleased to be working with DISCUS to help provide this useful update for planners.”

The event, supported by Bankhall, is open now for pre-registration. Planners and Paraplanners can apply for tickets by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please note that applying for tickets does not guarantee a place but all applications will be responded to. The event is open to authorised Financial Planners, Paraplanners, Wealth Managers and IFAs.

There is limited space to attend so please email now to express your interest in attending. A light breakfast will be served prior to the event starting at 9 am. The event will finish by 11.30 am.

Gillian Hepburn, director of DISCUS, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Financial Planning Today and Bankhall to organise this event and we hope many in the advisory community will be able to attend. We expect strong demand so getting in touch early makes a lot of sense.”

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