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		<title>What a CFP represents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certified Financial Planner, or CFP is the top level certification for financial planners. It takes quite a bit  of knowledge, skill and experience to be awarded this certification. When seeking financial planning advice, especially for the first time I recommend that you start by speaeking with CFPs. You can find them on the Financial Planning [...]<br /><div><img src="http://money-guide.com.au/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0.0" /></div><div>Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div><br />


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-223" href="http://money-guide.com.au/2009/06/what-a-cfp-represents/cfp-web/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-223" title="Certified Financial Planner logo" src="http://money-guide.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/CFP-web.jpg" alt="Certified Financial Planner logo" width="138" height="99" /></a>Certified Financial Planner, or CFP is the top level certification for financial planners. It takes quite a bit  of knowledge, skill and experience to be awarded this certification.</p>
<p>When seeking financial planning advice, especially for the first time I recommend that you start by speaeking with CFPs. You can find them on the Financial Planning Association website.</p>
<p>To raise awareness of Certified Financial Planners the Financial Planning Association has released a 60 second video, which you can watch below (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNWKmhjwYFs" target="_blank">or here on YouTube</a>.)</p>
<p>Please leave a comment below to let me know if you think it is effective. Would you now want to see a CFP in preference to any other financial adviser?</p>
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<p>I genuinely want to read your comments as I often send my two cents worth to the FPA. You can leave an anonymous comment if you like. Thanks.
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