Accredited Behavioral Finance Professional™ or ABFP™ Professional Designation
Issued by
College for Financial Planning
Individuals who hold the ABFP™ designation have completed a course of study encompassing advisors’ emotional competencies, client interactions, and financial planning advice through a thorough understanding of psychological explanations for economic behavior and hands-on practice of knowledge.
- Type Certification
- Level Intermediate
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
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Earning Criteria
Standards
The College for Financial Planning, Inc., is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and is a member of the North Central Association (NCA).
The College for Financial Planning has been authorized by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) to offer instruction for and to grant the Master of Science (MS) and Master of Science in Finance (MSF) degrees.
The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and numerous states have enacted regulations or legislation dealing with the use of “senior” designations used by financial planning practitioners, to separate designations that have credible requirements and academic rigor from those that have less stringent or no requirements.