How to Choose a Financial Planner
Before you sign a contract or buy a product consider the following before choosing your financial planner.
- Make sure they’re a CFP®. At the very minimum, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ has the met the education, exam, ethics and experience requirements in order to be qualified to discuss your financial planning needs. Anyone can call themselves a financial planner, but not everyone is a CFP®. This should be the starting point of your search. Just because the planner is a CFP®, doesn’t mean you should automatically work with them.
- Make sure they’re a fiduciary. A fiduciary is legally required to act