- Understand the client’s personal and financial circumstances.
- Identify and select personal and financial objectives.
- Analyze the client’s current courses of action and potential alternative courses of action.
- Formulate financial planning recommendations.
- Present and refine financial planning recommendations.
- Implement financial planning recommendations (responsibility may be allocated to client or adviser).
- Monitor progress towards achieving personal and financial objectives and update financial planning recommendations as appropriate (responsibility may be allocated to client or adviser).