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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Top Ten Questions When Choosing your Financial Planner

Toronto, October 10, 2007 — Financial Planners Standards Council (FPSC) offers Canadians ten key questions to ask when hiring a financial planner, as Investor Education Month celebrates its tenth anniversary in Canada this month.

"Information is power. By knowing the right questions to ask, Canadians can make more informed choices in selecting a planner who's right for them — one who can help them get what they want out of life, when they want it," says Ann Bowman, Vice President, Communications and Corporate Relations for FPSC.

FPSC'S Top Ten Questions to ask a planner are below and online at www.cfp-ca.org/public/public_10questions.asp:

1. What are your qualifications?
2. What experience do you have?
3. What services do you offer?
4. What is your approach to financial planning?
5. Will you be the only person working with me?
6. How will I pay for your services?
7. How much do you typically charge?
8. Could anyone besides me benefit from your recommendations?
9. Are you regulated by any organization?
10. Can I have it writing?

Also on the website are resources to help inform consumers about a wide variety of financial planning subjects, and tips and resources to help Canadians take the next step:

• Finding a CFP professional in your area:
  www.cfp-ca.org/public/public_findaplanner.asp
• A fun, interactive self-test on what you know about financial planning:
  www.cfp-ca.org/public/public_fp_selftest.asp
• Learning Centre:
  www.learningcentre/public_index.asp

GOT A QUESTION? — WE MAY HAVE THE ANSWER. FPSC executives are available for interviews. As well, we can put you in touch with CFP professionals from across Canada.

About Financial Planners Standards Council (FPSC) is a not-for-profit organization established in 1995 to lead the development of the financial planning profession. FPSC develops and enforces the highest standards in financial planning competency and ethics for individuals who hold CFP® (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®) certification in Canada. There are currently more than 17,000 CFP professionals in Canada and more than 100,000 individuals who have earned CFP certification in 20 countries around the world. See www.cfp-ca.org for more information.

NOTE TO EDITORS: For further information on FPSC and the CFP designation, please visit our online media kit at www.cfp-ca.org/media/media_mediakit.asp.

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FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Eileen Chadnick/Chadnick Communications at 416.631.7437 or eileen@chadnick.com
Heather Mills/FPSC at Tel: 416.593.8587 x 235 or email hmills@fpsccanada.org.