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School of Financial Planning Law marks its 20 th anniversary
BY DR LIEZEL ALSEMGEEST Director, School of Financial Planning Law, University of the Free State
The School of Financial Planning Law (SFPL) in the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State was established in 2001 and was the first academic institution in South Africa to offer formal financial planning education and is currently also the largest.
The SFPL is especially well known for the Post-graduate Diploma in Financial Planning, which is a cornerstone qualification in becoming a Certified Financial Planner (CFP ® ). During the past 20 years, the SFPL has gone from strength to strength and added many accredited programmes to its repertoire, specifically focused on providing holistic financial planning education for financial planners to theoretically and practically meet the unique needs of individual clients.
We truly believe that individuals need the best financial advice to become financially free, and therefore ensure that our students receive the best education possible.
We are continually updating and expanding our programmes and are committed to continuing to be the leader in the financial planning industry.
We are proud of what the SFPL has achieved in the past 20 years and are excitedly looking towards the future – even in these uncertain times – to flourish in an industry that has so much to offer and can change people’s
lives, not only those of our students but especially the lives of their clients. On the ill-fated day of John F. Kennedy’s death, he was due to deliver the following words: “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” Keep learning and educating yourself and be a leader in the financial planning industry. We stand behind you.
