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Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Kenneth Corbin	Raising the CFP Profile: CEO Kevin Keller Discusses Enforcement CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller talks about enforcing the fiduciary standard and building the image of the profession.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Allen Plummer	Over the Top There's one big problem with being on top, and the organization that administers the Certified Financial Planner designation is in the process of learning all about it.
Financial Advisor September 2006 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note A showdown of sorts appears to be looming between the CFP Board of Standards and the Financial Planning Association, supported by many longtime licensees who devoted a great deal of energy to give the mark the status that it has today.
Registered Rep. May 31, 2007	CFP Board Approves Tighter Code of Ethics The CFP Board approved a second round of revisions to its code of ethics, essentially strengthening the duty of care CFP certificants must use with regards to their clients.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Bob Veres	CFP Board of Fiduciaries If you're a strong advocate of professionalism and consumer protection, you'll find a lot to like in The CFP Board's "Rules of Conduct."
Investment Advisor June 2008	About Those Resignations An interview with the CEO of the CFP Board's Disciplinary and Ethics Commission, about the recent resignation of the Board's certificant members.
Investment Advisor December 2006 Dan Moisand	Accentuate the Positive The president of the Financial Planning Association points out some positive things done by the CFP Board.
Registered Rep. April 11, 2014 Diana Britton	Is the CFP Board Losing Credibility in the Eyes of Advisors? WealthManagement.com surveyed 321 CFP holders and found that one-third believe the recent scandals detract from the perceived value of the designation.
Investment Advisor December 2006 Kara Stapleton	Briefs The Financial Planning Association endorsed a proposed rule... The CFP Board voted to approve changes to its governance policy...
Registered Rep. March 9, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	What's In a Name? If You Are a Fiduciary, a Lot. But Are CFP Certificants Fiduciaries? Financial planners who hold the Certified Financial Planning designation have been tussling with the CFP Board, which controls the CFP designation, over the designation's ethical standards.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Melanie Waddell	On a Mission A conversation with Kevin Keller, in which he promises that his second year as the CFP Board CEO will be even more fruitful than his first.
Financial Advisor November 2005 Fazzi & Simonoff	Rocky Mountain Why? After a year's worth of changes that has seen it's staff cut by 60% and many of its core operations put under intense scrutiny, it's safe to say the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is in the midst of remaking itself.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai	CFP CEO Resigns Sarah Teslik, CEO of the Certified Financial Planner Board, announced that she would resign from her post to take a position at an energy company.
Investment Advisor April 2007 Robert F. Keane	CFP Standards Revision A new draft addresses previous critiques and imposes a fiduciary standard for advice.
Financial Advisor April 2004 David Diesslin	CFP Board Has A Mission The Certified Financial Planner Board has a mission beyond certification, which includes education and international standards.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Bob Clark	Mr. Keller Goes to Washington Some suggestions to the CFP Board's new CEO: Belly up to the bar on the fiduciary thing, already... You can't be a CFP and a registered rep or an insurance agent at the same time... etc.
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	A Bigger Stick The CFP Board of Standards says part of its mission is to serve the public by upholding high standards of conduct. But some planners are questioning the group's motives after it recently gained access to many Americans' private financial information.
Financial Advisor June 2004	Letters To The Editor Advisors Should Evaluate Annuities... Clearing Up Confusion...
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Spreading the News After being educated about the requirements for a CFP and the approach these planners take in offering financial advice, consumers say they are more likely to seek out a CFP for help with managing their money.
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	The Fiduciary Fracas Debate and controversy over the elusive standard could be just what the industry needs.
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 Miriam Rozen	Surviving Sanctions Financial planners often make the mistake of focusing exclusively on marketing and execution of clients' plans, but overlook their own industry's self-regulatory requirements.
Financial Advisor February 2007 Roy Dilberto	Establishing Trust In Financial Planning For large wirehouses, they need to understand that business is not leaving them and being transferred to independent advisors because of the fee structure. It is because most of these people are registered as investment advisors and follow the spirit as well as the letter of the fiduciary relationship.
Registered Rep. October 23, 2006 John Churchill	Opulence (and a Wee Bit of Strife) at FPA Confab in Nashville Education and networking were on order at the recent annual Financial Planning Association conference.
Investment Advisor May 2008	CFP's DEC Stepping Down Letters to the Editor: Disciplinary and Ethics Commission Commissioners step down..." Polarized Images"... "Impressionist"...
Registered Rep. April 23, 2014 David Armstrong	Editor's Letter: May 2014 The CFP Board's refusal to recognize problems doesn't bode well for the future of an organization that continues to play a vital role.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Karen DeMasters	CFP Board May Increase CE Requirements CFP licensees would have to obtain 10 additional hours of continuing education every two years, according to proposals being considered by the CFP Board of Standards.
Financial Advisor February 2011 Roy Diliberto	A Good Business Model The fiduciary standard is essential for financial planning to be embraced as a profession, yet examples abound of advisors who ignore it.
Investment Advisor January 2010 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: The Riddle of the CFP Board Have you ever wondered what those folks at the Certified Financial Planning Board are thinking?
Registered Rep. March 18, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	New CFP Curriculum Daunts Instructors The Certified Financial Planner designation is about to become more challenging to obtain.
Investment Advisor December 2005 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Professional Courtesy Can financial planners become professionals? After the first 25 years, the jury's still out.
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Bob Veres	Fiduciary Fire Index At the start of the new year, the Pension Protection Act will go into effect and expose all over again the fact that, although we all like to talk about fiduciary standards, there really isn't any consistent definition of the term.
Investment Advisor December 2006 Bob Clark	Hope It Wasn't Something I Said The CFP Board's chance to rethink its role in the financial planning profession.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 John Churchill	Of Two Minds An internecine argument at the FPA gets to the heart of one of the industry's more vexing problems: Should brokers be able to position themselves as financial planners?
Investment Advisor April 2007 John K. Ritter	The CFP Board's Giant Step Forward Presented with an opportunity to help shape the industry into a true profession, the CFP Board of Standards did the right thing and mandated a fiduciary standard for all who provide financial planning services, or any of the material elements of a financial plan.
Financial Planning May 1, 2013 Charles R. Chaffin	Making the Case for CFP Standards While the planning profession has evolved considerably, there is still work to be done.
Investment Advisor July 2007 James J. Green	CFP Board Adds Fiduciary Requirement The Board of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards adopted a revised version of its code of ethics, adding new language that requires all 54,000 CFPs to "at all times place the interest of the client ahead of his or her own."
Investment Advisor February 2010 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Declaration of Independence Starting with fiduciary duty, I propose standards for a new profession.
Financial Advisor December 2006 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note - Beginning All Over Again The departure of CFP Board CEO Sarah Teslik provides the third opportunity in the last six years for a new beginning. Unfortunately, the real problem is why any organization would go through three new beginnings in six years.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Will Leitch	The Acrimony Over Acronyms Faced with a full hand of acronyms to describe their various certifications and designations, brokers are showing them off, confusing clients. For this reason, the notion of a universal designation -- akin to the CPA in the accounting profession -- is gaining momentum.
Investment Advisor November 2006 James J. Green	Teslik Leaves CFP Board Sarah Ball Teslik, who joined the CFP Board of Standards as CEO in 2004 and sparked many changes at the Board, has resigned from the Board to take the newly created position of senior VP of policy and governance at Apache Corp.
Financial Advisor May 2012	CFP Board Shortens Certification Time The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards last month said it's amending its regulations to shorten the time needed to qualify for CFP certification from three years to two if the person has two years of experience.
Registered Rep. April 5, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	CFP Board to Make Planner Bankruptcies Public Bankruptcy among holders of the Certified Financial Planner designation has been rising at a startling rate in the past four years.
Investment Advisor February 2010	Soapbox: Here's What We Were Thinking The Financial Planning Coalition is glad to see Bob Clark's vociferous advocacy of a fiduciary standard of care for individuals who dispense financial planning advice, but not so glad of his inability to let go of the past.
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Daniel B. Moisand	Keep Standards High Financial planning is surprisingly under-regulated. The rules that do exist apply primarily to subset disciplines. As a result, all planners are regulated but no one really regulates planning.
Financial Advisor August 2009 Karen DeMasters	The Talking Cure The CFP Board has a new consumer advocate and public face: Eleanor Blayney.
Financial Advisor November 2003 Evan Simonoff	Contest For The Financial Planning Association's Soul Is the Institute of Certified Financial Planners's agenda for the new association (the product of a merger between the ICFP and the International Association for Financial Planning) winning?
Financial Advisor March 2004 Gregory Bresiger	One Financial Advisor's Journey The kaleidoscopic career of Charles Hughes
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