The Institute of Financial Planning is considering the launch of several initiatives in 2007, claiming interest in its certified financial planner status is still strong.
Speaking at the IFP's Charting New Waters conference, chief executive Nick Cann said the organisation has been successful in maintaining its position and protecting its CFP qualification since the introduction of chartered financial planner status last year. When the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) announced plans to introduce chartered status, there were questions as to whether people would still be interested in obtaining the IFP’s CFP qualification. But Cann says of the 530 people who needed to re-apply for a CFP licence this year, only 20 did not re-apply and, of those, only fiv...
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