Investopedia / Michela Buttignol The certified financial planner designation is offered by the CFP Board of Standards and is for professionals who have extensive experience and knowledge of ...

The CFP Board is looking to update the requirements for financial professionals to obtain and hold on to the Certified Financial Planner designation, and it wants to hear from the public.

There are more than 200 designations and certifications available to financial professionals, comprising an alphabet soup of distinctions that confuse consumers and fellow professionals alike.

Many financial advisors start by getting their certified financial planner (CFP) designation, and for good reason, Ryan says: The CFP designation "shows clients that advisors have passed a strict ...

When Abby Morton wanted to switch from a career in corporate finance to one in personal finance, she decided to get her certified financial planner designation. She went to Utah Valley University ...

Wealth Management alum Madison Georgi shares how the program gave her the confidence and knowledge to tackle complex ...

The credential-granting body's 2024 leaderboard for new certification features Fidelity, Schwab, Northwestern, and LPL.

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Shashin Shah, Managing Director at SFMG Wealth Advisors, noted that his main financial ...

The group that oversees the Certified Financial Planner designation is seeing record interest in the credential, but ...

The professional planning organization also saw its highest annual number of test-takers and the most diverse class of new ...

The CFP Board is remembering 2024 as a year of records, when the number of Certified Financial Planners topped 100,000 and the successful candidates for the credential represented a high-water ...