Certified Financial Planner™
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ represents the highest professional certification that can be awarded to a financial planner. CFP® practitioners have completed rigorous study in financial planning, have extensive industry experience and abide by the FP.
To become certified, candidates are required to meet the following four initial certification requirements (known as the four "Es"):
Every adviser who has achieved CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ must then maintain and renew the qualification. By meeting the ongoing competency requirements of continuing professional development and by adhering to the FPA's Code of Ethics and Professional Standards, CFP certificants demonstrate to the public that they are individuals who have voluntarily agreed to meet high standards of professionalism in a changing financial world.