Career advancement

“If anything, this environment has actually pushed people to complete their credits,” says John Loper, managing director of professional practice for the CFP Board.

One of the certifying organizations has taken a Netflix-like approach to advisor education.

With her innovative, rapid-fire leadership, the recipient of this year’s individual award is giving nearly 2,000 aspiring planners unprecedented entree into a profession sorely in need of them

Thousands of planners have dropped their memberships in recent years. Here’s why I joined them.

“Especially in this time when we are thinking, ‘Is there going to be a shortage of opportunity,’ in comes this one. It’s put a lot of fire in me to learn as much as I can,” says new college graduate Kameron Kindle.

At best, the variety increases awareness of what the career can offer. At worst, it lends ammunition to critics who insist the profession isn’t a profession at all.

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Only about 14% of financial advisors are female. Here’s advice from those who want to bridge that gap.

We’ve reached the point where we need to move beyond the ad hoc approach that has previously characterized professional development.