The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) recently issued sanctions against 17 CFP professionals for a host of violations, including attempting to cheat on the CFP exam, failing to pay taxes, and stealing reward points from an employer’s credit card.
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board) has issued an interim suspension against Patrick Egan, who is an advisor at Western International Securities, a firm recently charged by the SEC for violating Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI).
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. has proposed to increase the penalties for CFP certificants who fail to disclose their own ethical misconduct.
In its quest to become a regulator for financial planners and others. CFP Board has announced the formation of another new committee tasked with reviewing and updating its sanction guidelines and fitness standards.
This is the thirteenth of several posts detailing the CFP Board enforcement process. This post will focus on the CFP Board’s procedure for appeals.
This is the twelfth of several posts detailing the CFP Board enforcement process. This post will focus on the CFP Board’s procedure regarding resolution of a Petition for Reinstatement following order of suspension of more than one year.
This is the eleventh of several posts detailing the CFP Board enforcement process. This post will focus on the CFP Board’s procedure regarding resolution of a Petitions for Fitness Determination.
This is the sixth of several posts discussing the similarities and differences of the SEC’s recently-implemented Regulation Best Interest (“Reg. B-I”) and the CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct
This is the tenth of several posts detailing the CFP Board enforcement process. This post will focus on the CFP Board’s procedure regarding resolution of complaints.
As we have discussed in a previous Eccleston Law post, the CFP Board has the authority to conduct an investigation of a CFP professional.
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Commonwealth Financial Network is under fire, as it faces potential damages amounting to $111.5 million from a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint filed nearly five years ago.
A former Raymond James financial advisor faced a $5,000 fine and a four-month suspension from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for allegedly falsifying 25 documents, as per a settlement letter released recently.
Cantor Fitzgerald LP has initiated legal action against PEI Global Partners Holdings LLC, a firm founded by a group of its former investment bankers, alleging the illicit solicitation and theft of valuable clients, potentially worth millions of dollars in profit.
