INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION of QUALIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERS

IAQFP is a 501(c)(6) unincorporated business league Association, that is not organized for pecuniary profit or financial gain, and no part of its assets, income, or profit shall be distributable to, or inure to the benefit of its Members, Directors, or Officers, except to the extent permitted under law. IAQFP was formed in 2003 as an outgrowth of its predecessor entity the Concerned Planners Group, and was created and is advanced to achieve the following goals: To introduce and promote a single designation, QFP (Qualified Financial Planner), to help the public in easily identifying those professionals specifically educated & trained in the discipline & profession of Financial Planning, from the more generalized field of financial services. To help in distinguishing the Financial Planning discipline, methodology, and profession as separate and distinct from other fields of finance and financial services. To simplify for the public and professionals alike the professional designations "alphabet soup", and in so doing to distinguish those duly accredited with Financial Planning specific designations from the many hundreds among the more general field of financial services. To provide an Internet based, free, public educational platform with articles and releases defining, introducing and explaining various Financial Planning subjects and computer method for verification and location of Financial Planners, to help the public more easily identify and locate qualified Financial Planners in their geographic area. To consider and deal by all lawful means with common problems involved in Financial Planning fields and to secure cooperative action in advancing common purposes of the Members of the association. To do anything necessary and proper for the accomplishment of any purposes set forth in the Bylaws adopted by majority vote of the Board of Directors, and/or Members of this association. To provide a medium for professional interchange by those who are recognized as duly accredited, educated and trained in the ...