The pass rate for the July CFP exam remained stable at 62%, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. said. The CFP Board also said that it will administer the next CFP exam, which will be offered both at brick-and-mortar test centers and through a remote proctoring option, on Nov. 2-9. The deadline to register for the November exam is Oct. 19.
The CFP exam is offered in March, July and November. In July, 2,539 candidates took the exam, with 13% doing so remotely.
More than 90,000 planners now hold the designation, the CFP Board said in a release.
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