CFP Board

Essential free services play a critical role for clients, financial advisors' careers and industry recruiting. But only if practitioners avoid some pitfalls, experts say.

Terri Kallsen of Rise Growth Partners is currently a member of the CFP Board's board of directors and chair of the finance and investment committee.

Misconduct categories, new sanction factors and tweaks to the oversight procedure finish a process that started in 2016, General Counsel Leo Rydzewski said.

LeCount Davis was the first African American to earn wealth management's "gold standard" of certifications. Today he's helping others do the same.

Though more women are entering the industry, gender bias and other historical barriers remain.

Employees at Ballentine Partners, a multifamily office and RIA, say their firm can be an example of how small or midsized independent firms can advance on DEI.

Financial advisors who want to serve groups historically denied access to wealth-building need a different approach, according to experts at an industry diversity summit.

A panel of representatives from several firms across wealth management discussed retention strategies at the CFP Board's Diversity Summit.

Despite concerns about corporate DEI efforts in retreat, financial planners at an industry diversity summit rallied to move forward on creating inclusive cultures.

A potential regulation called the "retirement security rule" is already facing pushback. Here are the first reactions across the industry in favor and against it.