Reinforce Credibility With an Industry-Recognized Designation
Reinforce credibility with clients in domestic partnerships who have unique financial planning needs by earning an industry-recognized designation. The ADPA® designation is an industry-recognized designation encouraged by top firms.
Gain Specialized Knowledge That Benefits Your Clients
Gain specialized knowledge about planning differences compared to legally married couples and solutions-based techniques to benefit clients who are in domestic partnerships.
Tangible Career Benefits:
71% of professionals surveyed with specialized financial designations such as the ADPA® designation reported an increase in their client base after earning their specialized designation through the College for Financial Planning.*
Professionals surveyed with specialized financial designations such as the ADPA® designation reported a 20% earnings increase after earning their most recent professional designation.**
Distinguish Yourself From Other Advisors
As the only program of its kind focused specifically on domestic partnerships, you’ll gain skills that help distinguish yourself from other advisors and expand your client base.
Fulfill Continuing Education Requirements
For CFP® professionals who must complete continuing education requirements as part of certification renewal, ADPA® program completion fulfills the following: 28 hours (live online program) or 22.5 hours (ondemand program) of continuing education
If you currently hold a professional designation from the College, completion of a new professional designation program fulfills 16 hours of continuing education as part of the renewal of your current designation.
*This is one of the findings of a quantitative survey conducted by the College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company between August 31 and November 18, 2021. For this survey, a sample of 798 2021 graduates of the College for Financial Planning was interviewed online in English. The sample includes 82 graduates whose most recent professional designation earned was a specialized financial designation (ABFP®, ADPA®, APMA®, AWMA®, CMFC®, CRPS®, CSRIC®, FPQP®, LUTCF®, WMS℠) and who answered this question.
**This is one of the findings of a quantitative survey conducted by the College for Financial Planning®—a Kaplan Company between August 31 and November 18, 2021. For this survey, a sample of 798 2021 graduates of the College for Financial Planning was interviewed online in English. 86% of respondents are practicing financial services professionals and 72% have been working in the financial planning industry for 5+ years. The sample includes 80 graduates who earned a specialized financial designation (ABFP®, ADPA®, APMA®, AWMA®, CMFC®, CRPS®, CSRIC®, FPQP®, LUTCF®, WMS℠) and answered this question.