World Financial Planning Day 2023 is to be held in October with the aim of promoting financial literacy and capability as well as the role Financial Planners can play in educating the public.

World Financial Planning Day will run on 4 October, in partnership with IOSCO’s World Investor Week which runs from 2 to 8 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 213,002 Certified Financial Planning professionals worldwide including about 1,000 in the UK.

Dante De Gori, FPSB CEO, said: “Money can be a source of stress as many endure global economic uncertainty and are increasingly called upon to become more responsible for their finances in an ever-changing, complex world

“The good news is Financial Planning can help. To that end, we’re pleased to host our seventh annual World Financial Planning Day, alongside IOSCO’s World Investor Week and in partnership with our network of organizations and global CFP professional community, to show people around the world the wide-ranging benefits of financial planning and the impact it can make in all areas of our lives.”

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 #WFPD2023 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”.