The once underrespected CFP gets a lift after Merrill Lynch and now NAPFA make it central for newbies
Still, CFP certificants shoot down the idea of making the CEO credits requirements even harder, and fiduciary concerns linger
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Tax-loss harvest gains may have some home assembly required, says Jeff DeMaso • Adrian Johnstone is now in the driving seat at Practifi • CFP Board spending just topped $150 million • and Vermont shares some Texas thinking on ESG investing.
March 25, 2023 at 1:32 AM
The CFP Board's RIA faction sees the 100,000-member mark looming and hits back at brokerwashing; Dan Moisand is tasked with forming new division largely aimed at abusive brokers and other charlatans
Moisand, an RIA owner who has been named the new board chairman, will seek to quell an RIA uprising without losing a giant revenue source -- FINRA brokers who come with implicit 'suitability' issues
March 7, 2023 at 12:24 AM
Infamous stockbroker resolves civil suit stemming from violent tirade -- the apparent final chapter in an incident that went viral and forever branded him the 'Fairfield Smoothie Guy'
Broker Jim Iannazzo went all out with high-powered attorneys and slick Las Vegas crisis pr team to limit the damage from his actions, but whether he can ever live down the incident remains to be seen.
September 1, 2022 at 5:11 AM
FPA keeps adding coaches to its pro-bono roster but quid pro quo makes the medicine go down as mom-and-pop consultants help mom-and-pop advisors
Charesse Hagan is the latest to join Financial Planning Association's 'Coaches Corner' which 'gives back' to the community, but coaches also can leverage volunteer work into paid gigs
August 2, 2019 at 12:48 AM
National Association of Personal Finance Advisors
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Top Executive: Geof Brown, CAE
Financial Planning Association
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Top Executive: Lauren S. Schadle, CAE, Executive Director and CEO
Stephen Winks
Business model neutrality is not conducive to fiduciary standing. The CFP constituency is so diverse as to not lend itself to a high standard that would alienate its membership. There is no equivalency between a suitability standard and a fiduciary standard just as there is no equivalency between a broker and an advisor. It is like saying an accountant is equivalent to a CPA.
Fiduciary standing essentially renders all designations obsolete, as any unique intellectual capital on trust or estate planning or portfolio construction, or work flow management or conflict m,anagement are inherent in best practices.
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