Whatever the doomsayers might want you to think, look for the recruiting wars among broker/dealers to intensify in the final half of 2020. 

Financial advisors can now take the exams for the Accredited Investment Fiduciary and Professional Plan Consultant designations online.

If we’re going to deal with diversity and inclusion seriously and holistically, then we must appreciate the actual causes of its absence.

The technology to reinvent internships and interaction with firms is there, but it is on the practitioners, firms and academic community to make the possibilities a reality, argues FPA’s 2020 President Martin Seay.

In addition to in-person testing at Prometric sites, candidates may take the test remotely, if they live more than 50 miles from a testing center or have a health concern.

The regulator is now taking online test appointments for the Series 7, the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) and Series 6, as well as NASAA’s Series 63, 65 and 66.   

Our profession is overwhelmingly white and male both by design and practice, which means that it needs to change.

Carson Group gives its in-house wealth advisors five years to obtain or maintain a CFP or an equivalent professional credential.