CFP Board Middle for Monetary Planning and Abacus Launch Scholarship 

The CFP Board Middle for Monetary Planning (“Middle”) and Abacus Wealth Companions introduced immediately the launch of Abacus Wealth Companions Scholarship for Elevated Range in Monetary Planning. This scholarship goals to advance the monetary planning occupation by offering monetary help to college students pursuing CFP® certification who’re from populations underrepresented within the occupation and have a monetary want. 

The scholarship will supply as many as 4 awards per yr of as much as $5,000 per pupil searching for to finish an undergraduate-level or a certificate-level CFP Board Registered program in monetary planning, both of which might qualify the scholar to sit down for the CFP® examination. Eligible scholarship candidates should be enrolled in an eligible CFP Board Registered Program on the time of receiving the award and should determine as Asian, Black or African American, Hawaiian Native or Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or two or extra of those ethnicities. 

“The Middle’s partnership with Abacus Wealth Companions is one other constructive step ahead in transferring nearer to our purpose of making a extra various and sustainable monetary planning occupation,” stated CFP Board CEO Kevin R. Keller, CAE. “Monetary planners are in excessive demand, and this new scholarship will assist us construct the subsequent era of CFP® professionals.”

Abacus Wealth Companions (Abacus) is a registered funding advisor (RIA) agency that manages roughly $3 billion in belongings and supplies monetary planning providers to greater than 1,500 purchasers throughout america. Abacus has partnered with the Middle to supply this scholarship in an effort to advance the monetary planning occupation so that each American has entry to competent and moral monetary planning recommendation.

“At Abacus, our mission is to broaden what’s attainable with cash. This implies being considerate concerning the social and environmental impression of the investments we handle, serving to individuals to not merely construct wealth, however to dwell extra fulfilling lives, and effecting change within the monetary providers trade to create and serve a extra various and equitable occupation and shopper base,” stated Abacus Co-CEO Mary Beth Storjohann. “We’re happy to be partnering with the CFP Board Middle for Monetary Planning to supply this scholarship in an effort to additional enhance the trade’s expertise pipeline and to create a occupation that features a actually various vary of views, lived experiences, and backgrounds.”

The deadline to use for a scholarship award is April 2, 2023. The appliance and additional details about the Abacus Wealth Companions Scholarship for Elevated Range in Monetary Planning will be discovered on CFP Board’s web site at CFP.web/Scholarships.

Concerning the CFP Board

CFP Board is the skilled physique for private monetary planners within the U.S. CFP Board consists of two affiliated organizations centered on advancing the monetary planning occupation for the general public’s profit. CFP Board Middle for Monetary Planning addresses range and workforce improvement challenges and conducts and publishes analysis that provides to the monetary planning occupation’s physique of data. CFP Board of Requirements units and upholds requirements for monetary planning and administers the distinguished CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification — widely known by the general public, advisors and corporations as the usual for monetary planners — in order that the general public has entry to the advantages of competent and moral monetary planning. CFP® certification is held by greater than 95,000 individuals within the U.S.

About Abacus Wealth Companions

For over 20 years Abacus Wealth Companions, a Registered Funding Adviser, has labored alongside purchasers to make one of the best use of their monetary assets and free their time to get pleasure from what issues most in life. Abacus is a values-driven group dedicated to defending purchasers from monetary dangers, creating roadmaps for his or her futures, managing their investments in a values-aligned means, and offering recommendation that touches each space of their lives. Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, the agency manages roughly $3 billion for greater than 1,500 purchasers.