Articles from College for Financial Planning—a Kaplan Company

The College for Financial Planning—a Kaplan Company, which is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, has launched an ETFs & Portfolio Construction Certificate Program for financial advisors, in collaboration with iShares® by BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers. ETFs (or exchange traded funds) provide access to a wide range of markets, allowing investors to diversify their portfolios more efficiently than ever before. Like a stock, they trade on exchange, but offer the ability to track broad market performance, pinpoint precise exposures, or generate alpha. ETFs can be utilized to implement both longer-term, strategic allocations as well as more short-term, tactical exposures within investment portfolios.

The College for Financial Planning—a Kaplan Company, which is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, has become the latest institution of higher learning to join the ranks of the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. The CFFP’s Master's of Science in Financial Analysis program has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA Program curriculum and placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct within the program. The program positions students to obtain the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charter, which has become the most respected and recognized investment credential in the world, according to the CFA Institute. And of the more than 15,000 business programs in the world, only about 800 are approved by CFA Institute.