What are the primary benefits of FPA membership?
According to an FPA member benefit survey, members indicated that the top three reasons they belong to FPA are:

1. Continuing professional education that helps them maintain their certification AND enhances the quality of advice they deliver to their clients.
2. Access to information regarding the latest events/trends in the industry that affects the way they conduct business.
3. Networking opportunities - either nationally at FPA meetings, on the local level or through online communities – that allow them to interact with and learn from fellow members.

What is FPA doing to promote the value of using a CFP certificant to the general public?
Our message to the public is that everyone needs objective advice to make smart financial decisions and that when seeking the advice of a financial planner, the planner should be a CFP professional.

Why should a non-CFP certificant belong to FPA?
FPA values all members who engage in or support the financial planning process. All financial services industry professionals who support an integrated approach to personal financial planning benefit from FPA membership.

Each member has access to the same high-quality educational opportunities, both live and Web-based, as well as the latest information regarding regulatory/legislative issues that may affect members, clients or the way a member conducts business.