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What Do Financial Adviser Designations Mean? What are the Letters after a Name?

Carson Wealth

Translating from the secret language of financial planning, the sentence would read “Tammy specializes in insurance. She reviewed two types of annuity contracts often used for retirement and helped determine which one is the best fit for her client.” . Registration Standards for Financial Advisors.

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7 Ways to Optimize Your Google Business Profile To Get More Local Traffic

FMG

By categorizing your business appropriately, you are increasing your chances of appearing in the top results for relevant searches, which can aid in gaining new clients. However, they offer plenty of specific categories for the financial services industry. This includes GBP, your website, and social media.

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This broker vs. financial advisor debate got ABSOLUTELY crazy!

Sara Grillo

We talked about: What is the best, fairest fee model for the client? Does the way you are paid dictate how you serve clients? Are clients capable of determining when your fees are too high or should there be some other standard that fees are measured against (e.g. Does it matter that clients know the fees they are paying?

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Should you cancel your CFP designation?

Sara Grillo

The debaters include: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. John Robinson (“JR”), Founder of Financial Planning Hawaii, Inc. Salaske says that having the CFP designation was never a requirement in anything he did to advise clients. He says it also benefits clients.

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

Sara Grillo

Assuming we all agree that financial planning does not yet meet the standard for being considered a” profession”, what do you believe is required in order for that to happen? The debaters are: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. Robert will be on the “for” team.

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