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Financial Planning

Planners to behave like CFOs

BY MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008 12:35PM

Financial planners should move to a model where they act as a chief financial officer (CFO) for clients, managing relationships with other wealth management experts to cater to all the client's needs.

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