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Understanding Confusion Over the CFP Designation

Thursday, Sep 25 2014
News Roundup
Written by  PFA News

Unlike professional designations like CPA and attorney, the CFP designation doesn’t initially describe the functions that a financial professional performs and even the term financial planning is vague. So reports Time.

To complicate matters, many CFPs use a variety of other labels, such as financial advisor, college specialist, and retirement planning specialist when describing their work, so advisors need to craft a simple and clear way to answer the question “what do you do?”

Read the full article from Time.

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