This media kit provides you with information on Financial Planners Standards Council, its mission and its activities and will help you keep Canadians informed about the events and issues regarding their search for sound, ethical financial planning advice.

Financial Planners Standards Council is a not-for-profit professional regulatory organization dedicated to protecting Canadian consumers. It does this by establishing and enforcing education, examination, experience and ethics standards for financial planners who earn Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) certification in Canada.

Supported by organizations whose memberships and missions deal with personal finance, FPSC is the Canadian licensor of the internationally recognized CFP certification marks currently used by more than 16,000 planners in Canada, and more than 90,000 planners in 18 countries around the world.

In this media kit you'll find sections on:

1. Financial planning and CFP certification
• FAQ: Planning
• The CFP credential — What it is
• The CFP credential — How to earn it
• The CFP credential — How to keep it
• 10 common misconceptions about financial planning
• 10 questions to ask your financial planner


2. Financial Planners Standards Council
• FPSC and partner organizations
• The latest issue of Update, FPSC's regular correspondence to the industry


3. Media resources
• FPSC Media Contacts
• Story ideas
• Find an expert source
• Press releases
• FPSC Comments
• Profile of the profession

To view all the content on the FPSC Web site, go to www.cfp-ca.org.