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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

Despite the incidences mentioned in #5, the CFP Board has spent millions in advertising telling consumers they should always trust a CFP® professional and if they don’t have the CFP designation you just don’t know about their integrity. Verify a CFP® Professional, Financial Advisor U4’s. JR feels this is harmful to consumers. #7

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

The Big Picture

Brian Hamburger has been one of the leading authorities in the world of registered investment advisories, broker-dealers, SEC regulatory compliance. And I would constantly hear them frustrated by the compliance department. HAMBURGER: They were just blaming compliance for everything they couldn’t do. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Howard Lindzon

The Big Picture

So I was very heavy in financial services stock, which was a great lead gen engine. Um, case anybody that says anything, non-compliant, compliance tracks that also the watch list is just sort of fun. Whereas eTrade they were spending billions on advertising. RITHOLTZ: So great advertising, but expensive advertising.

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