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Qualifications

  • FP1 Financial services and their regulation
    Assesses an understanding of the financial services industry including regulation and legislation.
  • FP2 Protection, savings and investment
    Assesses an understanding of protection, savings and investment products.
  • FP3 Identifying and satisfying client needs
    Assesses an understanding of conducting a fact-find, assessing the client’s needs, and recommending specific (appropriate) financial products to meet those needs.
  • Investment Management Certificate Unit 1
    This unit mainly focuses on the introduction to financial markets, accompanied with legal, taxation, regulatory and ethical considerations required in client investment advisory
  • Investment Management Certificate Unit 2
    Unit 2 builds on the foundation of Unit 1 and focuses on application during investment practice, covering topics such as economics, accounting, quantitative methods, asset classes and portfolio management.
  • CISI Derivatives (IAD)
    This RDR-compliant unit of the CISI Investment Advice Diploma will provide those advising and/or dealing in derivatives with the knowledge and skills required for their job roles.
  • CISI Investment, Risk and Taxation (IAD)
    This RDR-compliant unit of the CISI Investment Advice Diploma ensures that candidates demonstrate the ability to apply the knowledge, theory and practical techniques required in order to assess a client's current financial position and future requirements, make suitable investment recommendations, monitor performance and respond appropriately to changing needs and circumstances.
  • CISI Diploma in Investment Advice (IAD)
    The IAD provides a sound grounding in UK financial services and consumer relationships, macro-economic environment, settlement, safe custody and prime brokerage, exchange traded futures and options and financial protection.
  • CISI FSA Regulation & Professional Integrity (IAD)
    This RDR-compliant unit of the CISI Investment Advice Diploma and Diploma in Investment Compliance ensures that candidates can apply appropriate knowledge and understanding of UK financial markets, regulation and ethics to financial planning, advice and management for retail customers.
  • CISI Private Client Investment Advice & Management
    This certificate enables practitioners to demonstrate their broad understanding of the principles of private client investment advice, within the context of the current regulatory environment.
  • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst – Level 1
    The first level of CAIA builds the individual's knowledge of various alternative asset classes. They learn the tools and techniques used to evaluate the risk-return attributes of each. Ethics and professional standards are also a key part of this level.
  • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst – Level 2
    The second level assesses how the individual would apply the knowledge and analytics learned in Level 1 within a portfolio management context. Just like Level 1, ethics and professional standards are also covered at this level.
  • CISI Risk in Financial Services
    This award offers a comprehensive global introduction to the major risk areas in financial services. It addresses international issues, reflecting the needs of a worldwide market, and provides a sound grounding in the principles of the risk management framework, corporate governance and risk oversight. It covers specific techniques used in identifying, reducing and managing operational risk, credit risk, market risk, investment risk and liquidity risk.

Accreditations

  • What does "Chartered Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute (CISI)" mean?
    Chartered Fellow (Financial Planning) is a CISI membership grade that compliments a CFP™ Certification, which is recognised globally as the gold standard for financial planning professionals
  • What does "Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)" mean?

    Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst is a globally recognised professional designation offered by the CAIA Association to investment professionals who complete a course of study and pass two examinations. It’s highly respected and frequently used as the benchmark of analysis, application and standards of practice in the alternative investments industry.

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Financial Planner

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Chartered Financial Planner

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Chartered Accountant

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Member of the East Midlands Chamber

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Associate Firm of the Personal Finance Society

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Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)

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Fellow of the Personal Finance Society

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Member of the Personal Finance Society

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Award in Long-Term Care Insurance

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    Ben Wattam

    Chartered Investment Manager and Director

    Meet Ben

    Ben leads our investment proposition and chairs our Investment Committee. He is an experienced investment manager and has been responsible for building, launching and managing discretionary portfolios as well as onshore and offshore investment funds.

    He specialises in multi-asset investing and has extensive knowledge of structured products. Before co-founding WKM, Ben led a UK-wide team managing over £1.5 billion of investments.

    Ben is a season ticket holder for Leicester City football club and enjoys following the team on away trips too. If you want to start a conversation with him, pick football, motorbikes or travel and he’ll be all ears!

    2 minutes with Ben

    Meet the rest of our team

    Adrian Mee
    Chartered Financial Planner and Director
    Neil Wattam
    Financial Planner, Chartered Accountant and Director
    Tim Kirby
    Chartered Financial Planner and Director
    Loz Gee
    Operations Manager
    Daniel Partridge
    Chartered Financial Planner and Director
    Ben Toms
    Administrator
    Lucy Fawcett
    Trainee Investment Manager
    Becca Coleman
    Administrator