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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (December 21–22)

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Together, these proposed changes (which are currently open for public comment) suggest CFP Board is seeking to ensure that those with the marks not only have sufficient education and experience upon receiving them, but also maintain and sharpen their skills over the course of their careers.

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Title Protection For (CFP) Financial Planners And The FPA’s Two About-Faces

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At the same time, questions abound as to how the FPA realistically plans to pursue Title Protection, and its noticeable abstention from mentioning the CFP marks anywhere in its discussion of its new advocacy agency, despite the fact that the FPA is the membership association for CFP professionals.

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Building An Inclusive Hiring Process To Decrease Bias And Find Your Firm’s Ideal Candidate

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CFP Board Career Center, FPA Job Board), on general interest sites (e.g., Which means that taking the time to create a structured, inclusive hiring process that allows a firm to access the broadest possible pool of potential candidates and evaluate them effectively can be an investment that pays off for a firm for years to come!

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IAR CE: Continuing Education Requirements For Investment Adviser Representatives And How Different States Adopt NASAA’s Model Rule

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Continuing Education (CE) requirements are common for many professions, but historically there has been no minimum CE requirement for individual Investment Adviser Representatives (IARs) of advisory firms. While holders of certain credentials (e.g., Read More.

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When Does A Financial Coach Need To Register As An Investment Adviser? The “ABCS” Test To Determine Status

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And because many service offerings have traditionally focused on areas like investments and securities recommendations, there has been little debate about the need to register as an advisor. Thus, Advice, Business, Compensation, and Securities (ABCS) are the key elements in this definition.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (September 9-10)

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Also in industry news this week: Changes to CFP Board’s procedural rules went into effect September 1 and are intended to make the disciplinary process more efficient for respondents as well as CFP Board staff, and to expand the CFP Board’s ability to pursue more complaints against CFP professionals A NASAA model rule follows in the footsteps (..)

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Adviser links: going back to work

Abnormal Returns

thinkadvisor.com) Investing William Bernstein on the challenges for investors nearing retirement. riabiz.com) CFP professionals make more money. (standarddeviationspod.com) Retirement Retirees go back to work for any number of reasons. investmentnews.com) A checklist if a client gets laid off near retirement age. kitces.com)