Obtaining a certified financial planner credential can enhance your expertise and credibility as an advisor. To become certified by the CFP Board, you'll need to complete education, exam, ethics and ...

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is proposing changes to the rules governing the experience that planners need before qualifying for the CFP mark, and one change would make life a ...

To qualify, you must have completed a bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university. The degree doesn’t have to be in finance, but you do need to complete a CFP Board ...

Learn what it means to work with a CFP, the standards they’re held to and whether it’s worth hiring a financial advisor with ...

Chances are, you’re sorting through a long list of three-letter certifications that promise to improve your career and set you apart from the majority. One option you’ve probably heard of is Certified ...

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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. is raising the education requirement for planners and advisers seeking to take the group's certification examination. Candidates will have to ...

CFP certificants would be required to obtain 10 additional hours of continuing education every two years under proposals being considered by the CFP Board of Standards. At the same time, they will be ...

I didn't think this day would ever come, but on July 15, I received an email from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. that said: “Congratulations! You are now a certified financial ...