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FAQs

How do you type the CFP symbol? ›

The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ mark must be in all capital letters, or “Small Caps” (“CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™”). The CFP® mark must be followed by a superscripted “®”; the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ mark must be followed by a superscripted “TM”.

Always use the ® symbol. Always use with one of CFP Board's approved nouns ("certificant," "professional," "practitioner," "certification," "mark" or "exam") unless on the same line directly following the name of the individual certified by CFP Board. Always associate with the individual(s) certified by CFP Board.

That said, becoming a CFP is no cake walk. The certified financial planner exam is likely the hardest test you'll ever take, Dorsainvil says. "Think of the hardest exam you took in college then times it by 10." Preparing to take the CFP exam begins months or even years before you actually sit to take the test.

CFP Board provides a free, digital certificate of your CFP® certification accomplishment, issued through our partner, Accredible. Once you are certified, you will be sent a link to your digital certificate — and be able to access it in your Account Dashboard.

Go to Insert > Symbol > More Symbols. Go to Special Characters. Double-click the character that you want to insert.

1. The CFPCM Logo mark is comprised of three components: the flame element, the letters “CFP” and the CM superscript symbol. These three components must be used together as one unit at all times to protect the visual integrity of the mark.

For 50 years, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification has been the standard of excellence for financial planners. CFP® professionals have met extensive training and experience requirements, and commit to CFP Board's ethical standards that require them to put their clients' interests first.

CFP® certification expires on the last day of the month indicated by your certification period. The expiration date is located on your CFP Board ID card, as well as in your CFP Board online account.

The pass rate for the CPA Exam was 54% overall. Comparatively, CFP is easier than CPA. The historical pass rate has been above 60%, which indicates that the tests are of a difficulty level that is considered to be moderate.

Is the CFP harder than the bar? ›

The CFP® Certification Examination is equally as challenging as the CFA® exams, the CPA® exam, and bar exam.

While both the CFA and CFP exams are quite difficult, the CFA exam is known to be one of the most, if not the most, challenging certification exams in the financial industry. It consists of three 6-hour exams that must be completed and passed in sequential order.

They own a trademark and have the right to grant us the right to use that trademark to make ourselves CFP professionals, where the CFP is a type of professional, but they don't actually license the professional. A CFP certificant can't call themself a 'CFP' because the marks are a trademark and not a license!

CFP Board today announced the results of the November 2023 CFP® Certification Exam. The exam was administered during an October 31 to November 7 testing window to 3,386 candidates, with 4% of candidates testing remotely. The pass rate for the November exam was 64%.

You can refer to yourself as a “Candidate for CFP® certification” or “working towards obtaining CFP® certification” if you've registered for and/or recently passed the CFP® exam.

You can add a copyright symbol in a document to indicate that a work is protected by copyright law. In Windows, you can press Alt + 0169 on the numeric keyboard. On a Mac, insert the copyright symbol by pressing Option + G.

a) The CFP CM Mark must appear in all capital letters, without periods between the letters. The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER CM Mark should appear in all capital letters or small cap font.