William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J., has become the first official student chapter of the Financial Planning Association.

An organization representing about 75,000 financial planning professionals “strongly urged” the U.S. Senate Banking Committee to include financial planner consumer protections that include increase regulation, oversight and competency and ethics standards for anyone calling himself a “financial planner.”

Less than 20% of insured adults consider themselves knowledgeable about their health benefit plans, according to a new survey.

A group representing investment advisors is asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to keep the Financial Insurance Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from expanding its regulatory authority by getting involved in …  Read →

The former head of the National Association of Professional Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and a local Financial Planning Association (FPA) chapter has been accused in a $1.2 million fraud and kickback …  Read →