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50th Anniversary Of The CFP Marks: The Journey, Current State Of CFP Board, And Growing The Financial Planning Profession

Nerd's Eye View

As a result, in 1973, a group of 35 planners became the inaugural recipients of the CFP marks. The rising popularity of CFP certification was thanks in large part to CFP Board's setting of rigorous educational and examination requirements that established a high bar of competency for those who wished to use the CFP marks.

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CFP Misconduct Research (And The Challenge Of Counting How Many Financial Advisors There Really Are)

Nerd's Eye View

Advisors who attain the CFP marks are held to even higher standards, though, with all CFP certificants required to adopt CFP Board’s own more-stringent Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct. A forthcoming study by Jeff Camarda et al. in Journal of Financial Regulation, however, concludes the opposite.

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CFP Misconduct Research And The Challenge Of Counting How Many Financial Advisors There Really Are

Nerd's Eye View

Advisors who attain the CFP marks are held to even higher standards, though, with all CFP certificants required to adopt CFP Board’s own more-stringent Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct. A forthcoming study by Jeff Camarda et al. in Journal of Financial Regulation, however, concludes the opposite.

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Best Practices For Running A Financial Planning Internship Program (And Creating A More Productive Outlook)

Nerd's Eye View

But when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in 2020, many firms shut their offices and went fully remote, which forced them to either rapidly reconfigure their internship programs or – as was more commonly the case – to suspend their internships or end them entirely.

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Announcing IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

Accordingly, in 2020 the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) introduced a Model Rule for the first-ever CE obligation for Investment Adviser Representatives (IARs) to maintain their Series 65 license after initially obtaining it.

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FARE helps Black financial professionals thrive

Nationwide Financial

To advance actionable solutions and contribute to lasting change, Nationwide partnered in September 2020 with leading financial services organizations, associations and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs ) to form The Financial Alliance for Racial Equity℠, or FARE.

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Financial Advisor Marketing Companies: Top 10 Companies To Work With In 2020

Indigo Marketing Agency

Here are the top 10 financial services marketing companies you should work with in 2020. . It features eye-catching website templates, free SSL certificates, editable content libraries, and more. . Continuing education articles that are approved for CFP CE credit. Good luck with your marketing in 2020 and beyond! .