Whether you are pursuing your graduation, seeking to improve your professional status or want to become a practicing financial planner, CFP Certification can open the doors to better opportunities.

Rated as Gold Standard in Financial Planning, Certified Financial Planner or CFP is an international certification programme in the lucrative field of financial planning, wealth management and financial advisory services.

As the Indian Financial Industry is transforming and maturing, professional financial planners have become an imminent need. In India, leading industry giants from the financial services sector have been promoting the concept of financial planning among customers and professionals.

The Certified Financial Planner Certification Programme makes you competent to provide strategic advice with regard to investment, insurance, tax, retirement & estate needs and enables you to plan and fulfill such needs.

Key Highlights

Certified Financial Planner Certification is:

• A mark of quality- the world over
• Tested for competency, education, examination & work experience Committed to code of ethics & rules of professional conduct
• The highest level of certification globally in the field of financial planning

CFP Benefits

Some of the many benefits to taking this programme include:

• Supported, recognized and promoted by 48 Charter Members and other employers engaged in financial planning services, looking for competent and ethical financial planning professionals.
• An industry and employment-oriented certification which is rated as “One of the Best Jobs” by U.S. News and World Report, 2012.
• Rated amongst the ‘Top 20 Jobs’ on the basis of five key areas: Work Environment, Physical Demands, Job Outlook, Income Levels and Stress by Career Cast in 2014.
• The most recognised and respected financial planning certification in 25 countries.
• Rated as Gold Standard by Wall Street Journal in 2006.
• Ideal for self-employment. Financial planners can start their own practice as an entrepreneur.
• Highly sought after certification by BFSI industry as it provides credibility with customers seeking trustworthy assistance.
• Enables qualified individuals to provide clients with a holistic approach to achieving their financial and life goals.

Employment Prospects

Careers in financial planning are expected to grow 41% globally by 2016, according to Money Magazine and Payscale.com. Assuming one financial planner is handling approx. 1,000 clients, we need at least 50,000 Certified Financial Planners in India immediately. However, up till December 2014, India has had only 1820 CFP professionals.

With a growing demand for qualified personal financial planners, now is the time to become a Certified Financial Planner professional.

In India, CFP recipients are in demand in the following fields:

• Banking
• Wealth Management Companies
• Stock Braking Firms
• Investment Advisory Services
• Financial Planning Services
• Life and General Insurance
• Accounting and Law Firms
• Asset Management Companies
• Credit Counseling Organisations

IFCL’s V-Class

Introduction

V-class is our endeavor to introduce a learning platform that has features of real-time academic delivery with frequent learner interactions. The lectures are delivered by expert faculties, industry professionals and academicians from identified locations across the country. Equipped with its numerous functionalities, V- CLASS provides the student flexibility to attend the program at his/ her convenience from an ICFL location, office or home and through any device (desktop, laptop or a hand held device). Depending on the course a student has opted for, he also has access to recorded sessions in case a class is missed or there is a need for revision.

The V-class Advantage:

Expertise: Access to a qualified faculty resource pool which includes domain experts, industry professionals and academicians from various locations

Experience: A well-known brand with the experience of training more than 41akh learners through its various programmes

Technology: Fully Online Course with LIVE online interactive lectures that provides classroom experience in a “virtual” environment. No isolated learning experience

Convenience*: In the event that students misses attending the LIVE lecture on the Virtual Classroom for some reason, students can request for access to the recorded sessions

Comfort*: Learn from Anywhere -No need to travel to an institute or training center. Student may learn from the comfort of his/her home

*Facility to access recorded sessions and access from outside ICFL premise depends on the course opted for.

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Regular Pathway V-Class Training Programme

• 125+ hours of training through V- Class
• Exhaustive Study Material
• Case Studies with Mock Test
• Online Mock Tests
• Doubt Solving I Faculty Interactions Session through V-Class
• Financial plan construction training by an industry practitioner
• Guest Lectures by Industry Experts

Exclusive benefits for Weekday (CFP*) Regular Pathway V-Class training programme

• Free access to Foundation of Stock Investing program delivered  live by a stock market expert though V-class
• Free access to our elearning courses ‘Gateway to Stock Investing’ and ‘Gateway to Futures & Options’ that includes over 17 hrs of interactive learning on stocks and derivatives for a period of six months

*The above three add-ons worth Rs. 5000 /- will be offered complementary to all weekday students

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