Certified financial planners are subject to continuing education requirements in order to maintain their certification. Specifically, they're required to complete 30 hours of continuing education each ...

CFP certificants would be required to obtain 10 additional hours of continuing education every two years under proposals being considered by the CFP Board of Standards. At the same time, they will be ...

More than 88,000 CFPs and thousands of financial advisors aiming to get the mark in the future have a new topic for study and continuing education: the psychology of financial planning. The CFP Board ...

Investment advisers want the continuing education that they must complete for professional designations and licenses to count toward a proposed new education requirement from state regulators. In ...

SAN ANTONIO - Big changes to the continuing education requirements for planners are expected next month following a meeting of the leadership of the CFP Board. In addition to expanding the 30 credits ...

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. has begun randomly auditing up to 50 continuing-education courses each month following criticism from advisers about substandard courses they've ...

As with most other professions that require certifications, such as doctors, lawyers and CPAs, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) board requires its certificants to meet certain ongoing criteria.