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Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)
This professional designation is issued by The American College of Financial Services. To earn the ChFC title, one must take nine college-level courses that focus on applying financial planning teachings to real-life scenarios. Program participants learn things like the financial planning process, insurance planning, income taxation, retirement planning, investments, estate planning, personal financial planning and client case studies related to aspects like divorce, nontraditional families and ethics. Successfully passing the courses’ exams is required. Program participants must have three years of full-time related business experience within the five years before receiving the ChFC designation, as well as follow the college’s code of ethics and procedures, and complete 30 hours of continuing education credits every two years to keep the designation.