According to InvestmentNews, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) released a whitepaper criticizing the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board’s standards enforcement, asserting it operates as a “de facto, private
regulator.”
The CFP Board has revealed that it will release the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (DEC) orders imposing sanctions alongside the public sanction news releases that it already publicizes.
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) has issued an interim suspension to Gregory Womack, who operates Womack Investment Advisors in Edmond, Oklahoma.
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) has lifted an interim suspension it had imposed against a former UBS advisor after criminal fraud charges against him were recently dismissed.
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) has recently issued three new guides to assist certified financial planners in adhering to professional ethics standards in their practices.
The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board of Standards has established a new Appeals Commission. As the name suggests, the Appeals Commission possesses the sole authority to adjudicate appeal hearings.
The first Black woman to head the CFP Board, Kamila Elliot, officially assumed her position from former CFP Board Chair Douglas King on January 1.
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A series of lawsuits, congressional findings, and high-profile corporate collapses has reignited long-standing concerns about the audit industry’s ability to confront fraud, as reported by Bloomberg Law.
In 2023, the CFA Institute Board of Governors approved targeted revisions to the Standards of Professional Conduct, adding one new standard and updating two others.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a six-month suspension and a $7,500 fine against former Merrill Lynch broker Jeremiah Householder after finding that he accepted referral commissions from an unapproved third-party lender.
