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How To Determine The ‘Best’ CFP Education Program (For You): 2025 Update

Nerd's Eye View

To earn the CFP marks, candidates must fulfill four key requirements: Education (holding a bachelor's degree and completing the required coursework through a CFP Board registered program), Exam (passing the 170-question CFP exam), Experience (gaining hands-on experience providing financial advice to the public), and Ethics (acting as a fiduciary).

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CFP Board Launches AI-Driven Exam Prep Tool

Wealth Management

The CFP Board has ramped up its exam prep offering to those pursuing the designation with AI that adjusts to a test takers knowledge level and areas of need.

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CFP Board Holds AI Working Group, Hires New Tech Head

Wealth Management

The group is the latest sign of the Board’s focus on AI; last month, it released an AI-assisted test prep course and unveiled compliance checklists for advisors using Gen AI earlier this year.

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CFA vs. CFP

A Wealth of Common Sense

171 withHarvey Schwartz) you and Josh mention how wealth management has drastically changed over the last~20 years specifically citing that CFP candidacies are at record highs whileCFA candidacies are at record lows. Here’s a question from a podcast listener: On a recent episode of TCAF (Ep.

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Focused on the Future: Kevin Keller on the Evolution of Advice, Capturing Next Gen Talent and AI’s Place in Planning

Wealth Management

CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller discusses the shift to holistic financial planning, efforts to increase diversity in the profession and AI’s impact on financial services.

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CFP Board Splits To Better Tout Profession’s Benefits

Wealth Management

The CFP Board Center of Financial Planning will concentrate on pro bono and research work, while the CFP Board of Standards will focus on certifying advisors.

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CFP Board Elects Three New Directors

Wealth Management

Marguerita Cheng, Richard Shaw and Steve Wallman have been elected to three-year terms on the CFP Board of Directors.

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