Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:05:41 CST
From: "Brent D. Gardner, ChFC"
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
Subject: Re: Please advise me on how to reach CFP certification
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"Winter" wrote in message
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> What are the requirements and practical differences between getting
> CFp certification versus ChFC. Regardless of whether anyone recognizes
> the designation, how useful are the courses taken to achieve the
> designation.
You can look most of this up on The American College web site:
http://www.amercoll.edu/
ChFC requires 8 courses, CFP requires 5 (same 5 as ChFC)
ChFC has 8 2 hour exams.
CFP has one exam.
Both have similar experience and continuing education requirements.
> Also, is there a certification that is more specific to retirement
> planning. I do understand that "retirement planning" is a general
> field that is covered under any financial planning certification
> course and related to many other aspects of financial planning. I am
> just asking if there are designations out there specific to retirement
> planning.
There's a whole pile of designations. The most common among those that work
with individuals are CLU, ChFC, CFP.
Brent D. Gardner, ChFC
Chartered Financial Consultant
http://members.cox.net/brentdgardner1378/
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The Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant
(ChFC), designations owned and exclusively offered by The American College,
signify the highest standards of academic study and professional excellence
in the financial services industry.
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