The credential-granting body's 2024 leaderboard for new certification features Fidelity, Schwab, Northwestern, and LPL.

Large financial-services firms are accounting for much of the overall growth in the ranks of Certified Financial Planners.

The CFP Board credits its largest ever increase of 6,541 new CFPs in 2024 to major financial firms. Edward Jones added 1,000 newly-minted certificants for the second consecutive year, while Fidelity ...

More than 10,000 firms across the U.S. employ CFP ® professionals, and with good reason. Since 2011, total awareness of CFP ® certification among the target consumer audience has increased from 75% to ...

The CFP remains the gold standard, but advisors should consider these other credentials based on the niches they want to ...

Social Security is a safety net most Americans believe they'll be able to access when they retire. However, the important ...

Closing timelines for mortgages tend to rise and fall on a monthly basis with most mortgages closing in an average of 44 days ...

No. 8 Ohio State had perhaps the toughest road to the finals in the CFP, having to defeat No. 9 Tennessee and No. 1 Oregon. Now the Buckeyes face No. 5 Texas at the Cotton Bowl. The other ...

While the automatic bids were out of the CFP committee's hands, they likely deserve credit for getting it mostly right with the rest of the field. No. 1 Oregon (Big Ten) was soundly beaten 41-21 ...

Renen Sahr was promoted to president of RVR Wealth at the RVR Bank Board of Directors annual meeting on Jan. 15.

The Nittany Lions, now 13-2 after their College Football Playoff victory over Boise State, will face the Fighting Irish in the CFP semifinals in next week's Orange Bowl. The Irish, who have now ...

The Longhorns defeated No. 4 Arizona State earlier Wednesday. No. 8 Ohio State had perhaps the toughest road to the finals in the CFP, having to defeat No. 9 Tennessee and No. 1 Oregon.