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Investment Advisor August 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Eleanor Blayney Eleanor Blayney earned CFP certification in 1990. The firm she co-founded, Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros and Blayney, became a success. |
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 February 1, 2012 Jim Grote |
Partner in Finance Marilyn Dimitroff, of Capelli Financial Services in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., sees her relationship with her clients as a partnership. |
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? |
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. |
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 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. |
Financial Advisor August 2008 Tracey Longo |
The Emerging Profile Of Women Investors If you run an analysis on your own client base to see how many women investors you have, you may be surprised at their numbers and their might. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Majority Report: A New Approach to Advising Women Women are still less financially confident than men. Three visionary financial advisors, though, are changing their approach to serving women's financial needs. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Bob Veres |
Power Plays The recent Financial Planners Association luncheon allowed attendees to voice their concerns to a panel that included newly installed CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller. |
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. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Venus Rising Financial advisor Eleanor Blayney has compiled her experience and wisdom on approaching personal finance from a woman's perspective into a book titled Women's Worth: Finding Your Financial Confidence due out in May, published by Direction$. |
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 July 2008 Bob Clark |
With Friends Like These... What's the CFP Board really up to, and will their decisions benefit financial planners? |
Financial Advisor May 2008 |
Letters to the Editor A Profession, Almost... Nice Redesign... Thanks FOR Nick Murray... Thanks TO Nick Murray... |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
Registered Rep. August 25, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Women Investors Want More From Advisors, Report Finds A new survey by Boston Consulting Group that addressed the global wealth of women found a common complaint -- although women's cut of global wealth is growing, the service they get from financial advisors is not equal to that offered to men. |
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. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Richard B. Wagner |
It's a Heart Thing... Obviously, our craft is important. As financial advisors, we have significance because we help other people have better lives, and we help them and our society work with the money forces. |
Financial Advisor April 2008 David Drucker |
Why Aren't We There Yet? When asked about financial planning as a profession, most advisors get introspective with observations like, "I don't know if our industry is a profession yet, but I know I'm a professional." When will financial become a true profession? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Marion Asnes |
Bookshelf Women's Worth: Finding Your Financial Confidence is a carefully considered, deeply researched guide by a financial planning luminary who has just founded a new practice called Directions for Women. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Angela Herbers |
Barring the Door How to stop training your (future) competition. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse For all the specialized knowledge that financial planning demands, advisors selected "people and communication skills" as the top factor behind their success. |
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 Advisor March 2004 |
Letters To The Editor FLP Flaws Come From Implementation, Not Strategy... Nick Murray Does It Again... No Bullion Here... etc. |
Investment Advisor September 2007 James E. Kearney |
No Rest for the Planning Industry It's important for the profession to take a three-pronged approach to financial literacy: advancing the profession; educating the public; and growing planners for the future. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Bob Veres |
Checks and Balances Conflict between the Certified Financial Planner board and the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission. |
Financial Advisor June 2004 |
Letters To The Editor Advisors Should Evaluate Annuities... Clearing Up Confusion... |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Declaration of Independence Starting with fiduciary duty, I propose standards for a new profession. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Ed McCarthy |
The Next Generation of Advisers (and the Problem with Uncovering Them) There's still no tried-and-true path for those entering the financial planning profession. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Financial Planning Ethics With the increasing complexity of the financial world, it's increasingly important to find professionals you can trust. By choosing a financial planner who is governed by strict ethical principles and guidelines, you can feel more confident that you will get the advice and assistance you deserve. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Bob Veres |
The Price of Going Pro Some financial advisors today believe that by striving to create a profession, they may actually be aiming too low. |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Board to Death: Reloaded Think the Certified Financial Planner Board had gone mainstream? Think again. Here's a recap of Board CEO Sarah Teslik's recent off-the-wall comments. |
Financial Advisor January 2005 |
Letters to the Editor Judging Risk Tolerance... Major Issues Are Missed... |
Financial Advisor March 2004 Gregory Bresiger |
One Financial Advisor's Journey The kaleidoscopic career of Charles Hughes |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 Ilana Polyak |
The Influencers When we sat down to decide which nominees deserved to win in each category in the magazine's second annual Influencer Awards, we found we had far too many worthy contenders. |
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 January 2005 Eva Marer |
Progress In The Profession Margaret Chow Stanner is one of the women who blazed a trail in the financial advisory field that others are now following. |