The global Certified Financial Planner body - the Financial Planning Standards Board - is celebrating its 15th anniversary this week by highlighting that the number of CFP professionals worldwide has doubled since its launch in 2004 from 90,000 to more than 181,000.

The Financial Planning Standards Board, the global body responsible for the Certified Financial Planner designation, has published its first Guidance Practice Note to support Financial Planning professionals working with vulnerable clients. 

The CISI’s head of Financial Planning, Jacqueline Lockie CFP, is to join the prestigious Chief Executive’s Committee (CEC) of the Financial Planning Standards Board, the body which oversees the Certified Financial Planning designation around the world.

The Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd (FPSB), the global body for Certified Financial Planner certification, has appointed UK compliance consultant and lawyer Adam Samuel as one of two new directors.