Michael Hayward of Capital Partners Private Wealth Advisers was awarded the FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award, while WB Financial’s Patricia Soares Garcia won the FPA Financial Planner AFP of the Year Award.
Adriana Brink of Alman Partners was recognised as the FPA Paraplanner of the Year, and Capital Partners Private Wealth Advisers was awarded the FPA Professional Practice of the Year Award. Reuben Zelwer of Adapt Wealth Management won the Future2 Community Service Award.
The FPA University Student of the Year Award and the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award were given to Azaria Bell of Griffith University and Michael Forer, respectively.
The winners were announced during the keynote session of the FPA Professionals Congress.
Did Michael Hayward win the “real CFP” award or the “grandfathered CFP” award. Of course FPA will say there is no difference but everyone knows there is actually a world of difference. The FPA is just devaluing real CFPs by pretending otherwise.
I considered entering those awards but thought Do I really want to advance the cause of the Big Four Banks and AMP. I said No.