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Dec. 17, 2019 | 6:41 pm ET
By Jason Zweig and Andrea Fuller
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. on Tuesday announced new measures to tighten its oversight of more than 85,000 stockbrokers, insurance agents and other financial advisers.
The action followed a Wall Street Journal article that found that thousands of advisers with the coveted Certified Financial Planner designation listed in the group’s public directory as having clean records had histories of customer complaints, bankruptcies, regulatory problems or criminal records….
To read the rest of the article:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cfp-board-to-tighten-oversight-of-financial-advisers-11576626090
For further reading:
Books:
Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor
Jason Zweig, The Devil’s Financial Dictionary
Jason Zweig, Your Money and Your Brain
Jason Zweig, The Little Book of Safe Money
Articles and other research:
Looking for a Financial Planner? The Go-To Website Often Omits Red Flags
‘Fee-Only’ Financial Advisers Who Don’t Charge Fees Alone