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Upcoming Event
Horizons 2025
Get ready for an epic retirement planning experience with this inaugural, first-of-its-kind conference focused solely on delivering retirement planning expertise. Join us March 3-5, 2025 in Coronado, CA!
Upcoming Event
2024 Advanced Special Needs Planning Symposium
Join us in Phoenix, AZ this November for a one-of-a-kind event delivering advanced learning on special needs planning for those working with individuals with special needs and caregivers.
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Client needs are changing. Markets are shifting. The industry is evolving. Since 1927, The American College of Financial Services has leaned into its mission to deliver applied financial knowledge and catalyze change.
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Each day, you help clients understand financial markets and the issues that matter. Thousands of your peers partner on their path to success with us. You can too.
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Students have completed at least one of The College’s professional designation, certification, or graduate degree courses.
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The strength of The College’s curriculum is what drew me to it, and it’s what allowed me to expand my opportunities and accelerate my career through that knowledge.
Heather Welsh
CFP®, AEP®, MSFS
The College has always been there for me, with some of the top thought leaders in the business as part of their curriculum. I don't know how else I could have gotten a world-class education in specialized financial planning knowledge without a distance learning partner like them.
Scott Winslow
MSFS, ChFC®, CLU®, RICP®, AEP®, CCFC
The College’s education has been like body armor for me. I’ll absolutely be a lifelong learner.
Terry Parham, MSFP, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, RICP®, WMCP®
Co-Founder and Financial Planner, Innovative Wealth Building
What I learned at The American College of Financial Services gave me the confidence and knowledge to get creative with helping business owners and others in need of succession planning fund their own retirements.
Irv Rosenzweig, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, CRPS®, AEP®, AIF®
Executive Business Consultant, Diversified LLC
When I’m talking to someone who wants to be a part of our team, it definitely sets them apart if they have a designation or degree from The College. We have developed our own career progression, and enrolling in a College program is a huge part of that.
Kristen Kartisek, MBA, CLU®
Director, Senior Recruiter, Sequoia Financial Group
The American College of Financial Services is the citadel of knowledge. Applied knowledge is power, and it’s allowed me to explain complex issues in a way clients and their advisors can understand.
Mickey Rosenzweig, CLU®, ChFC®, AEP®
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Insights and Resources for What’s Happening Now
Insights
The College held its second annual FinServe Network Summit on September 18 and 19, 2024 at its King of Prussia, PA campus – a gathering of rising stars and established figures from across the…
October 21, 2024
Podcasts
How Diversity Enhances Financial Services
With Hispanic Heritage Month taking place through September and October, we’re taking this opportunity to explore diverse communities and how financial professionals can better meet their needs.
October 14, 2024
Insights
Welcoming Our Newest Professor of Practice, Jeffrey Levine
To fill the growing gap between advisor knowledge of tax-informed planning and client demand for it, we knew we had to leverage our deep professional connections. That’s why we’re welcoming a pro who…
October 14, 2024
Insights
Drivers of Trust in Consumer Financial Services
The College’s Cary M. Maguire Fellows in Applied Ethics at the Center for Ethics in Financial Services Jason M. Pattit and Katherina G. Pattit recently published an article in the peer-reviewed…
October 01, 2024
Insights
How to View Ethics Through the Lens of Philanthropic Planning
Ethical decision-making is at the forefront of financial services, but that doesn’t mean that every decision is black and white. In a recent interview, Jennifer Lehman PhD, JD, CFP®, CAP® spoke with…
September 30, 2024
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