COVID-19 Pandemic Couldn't Stop Worldwide Growth of CFPs

By Leo Almazora March 05, 2021 Wealth Professional

While the novel coronavirus crisis gripped the world for most of 2020, that hasn’t stopped hopeful applicants from earning one of the most well-respected designations for financial professionals across the world.

According to the Financial Planning Standards Board, the standards-setting body for the global financial-planning profession, the number of CFP® professionals globally underwent steady growth last year.

Cumulatively, FPSB and its global network of affiliate organizations saw a net gain of 4,658 CFP® professionals, growing by 2.5% annually to close the year with a total of 192,762 professionals as of December 31, 2020.