Tagged with "CFP"

SIFMA Challenges CFP Board

Posted on November 14th, 2024 at 10:46 AM
SIFMA Challenges CFP Board

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.” 

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CFP Board Advances Measures for Heightened Accountability and Transparent Public Sanctions

Posted on December 12th, 2023 at 3:33 PM
CFP Board Advances Measures for Heightened Accountability and Transparent Public Sanctions

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. 

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CFP Board Suspends Oklahoma Planner Gregory Womack

Posted on November 17th, 2022 at 1:20 PM
CFP Board Suspends Oklahoma Planner Gregory Womack

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.

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CFP Board Lifts Interim Suspension of Former UBS Advisor

Posted on September 23rd, 2022 at 1:30 PM
CFP Board Lifts Interim Suspension of Former UBS Advisor

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.

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CFP Board Releases New Ethical Guides For Financial Planners

Posted on March 18th, 2022 at 1:39 PM
CFP Board Releases New Ethical Guides For Financial Planners

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.

 
 
 

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CFP Board Establishes New Appeals Commission

Posted on January 21st, 2022 at 1:39 PM
CFP Board Establishes New Appeals Commission

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.

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Kamila Elliot Prepared To Make History As First Black CFP Board Chair

Posted on January 13th, 2022 at 12:38 PM
Kamila Elliot Prepared To Make History As First Black CFP Board Chair

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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