Chartered Financial Planners top 1,500

It says the number of PFS members to have achieved this status in the past 12 months has grown by nearly 500. Advisers must be PFS members to reach this level of qualification. The title of Chartered Financial Planner was introduced in 2005 and is now an internationally recognised benchmark of quality and ethical practice for financial service professionals, according to the PFS. Fay Goddard, CEO of the PFS, says: “The 1500 number is an unambiguous endorsement that professionalism is extending further than the proposed RDR benchmark. It’s a sign that the market is responding fast to t...