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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

JR agrees, stating that 70% of CFP holders have insurance licenses. #4 JR asserts that anyone who holds themselves out as a financial planner, whether or they wear dual hats, or also are registered reps under FINRA, must follow the fiduciary standard. Verify a CFP® Professional, Financial Advisor U4’s.

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

The advertisements that they produce that says that anyone can call themselves a CFP. It’s baffling to me because actually, the only people who can really do… [unintelligible] anyone can say they’re a financial planner?

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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.