The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) has revealed the date for its 6^th World Financial Planning Day.

The day aims to promote financial literacy and capability, as well as the role Financial Planners can play in educating the public about financial matters.

World Financial Planning Day will run on 5 October, in partnership with IOSCO’s World Investor Week which runs from 3 to 9 October.

World Investor Week is a global campaign designed to raise awareness of financial literacy and investor protection.

The FPSB is a global community of Financial Planning bodies representing over 203,312 Certified Financial Planning professionals worldwide including about 1,000 in the UK.

Noel Maye, FPSB CEO, said: “During a time of global economic uncertainty, people may feel vulnerable and concerned about their finances and their futures.

“World Financial Planning Day provides the global Financial Planning profession with the opportunity to educate the public about financial matters, and demonstrate how financial planners who have committed to putting clients’ interests first, like CFP professionals, can help people navigate complex financial decisions to live their today and plan their tomorrow.

“Our CFP professional community is proud to play its part in helping the global public become more knowledgeable about finances, to feel more confident and in control during financial decision-making, and to feel empowered that their money choices will allow them to live well, both today and in the future.”

During World Financial Planning Day the FPSB and local partners such as the CISI in the UK will run a variety of national and local events to raise awareness about the value of Financial Planning, of having a financial plan, and of working with a Financial Planner.

Financial Planners can visit www.worldfpday.org or join conversations on social media using the #WFPD2022 tag.

The FPSB first launched World Financial Planning Day in 2017 in partnership with IOSCO as part of what it called, “the global Financial Planning community’s commitment to increase levels of consumers' financial literacy and capability, and to help the public put investment decisions in the context of other financial and life goals”.