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Empower Your Independence with The College

Enhance your advisory practice with strategic growth tools. RIAs save 10% off your first course in any one of these designation programs.

Promo Codes: RIACFP, RIACHFC, RIARICP, RIACLU, RIACAP, RIACHSNC, RIAWMCP

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Our Differentiator? Empowerment.

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Maintain Independence

Stay true to your entrepreneurial spirit and avoid M&A pressures.

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Scale Your Business

Use our tools and resources to grow your advisory firm organically – and efficiently.

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Strengthen Client Ties

Offer holistic planning services that meet the evolving needs of your clients.

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Expand Your Expertise

Gain specialized knowledge through our professional designations and certifications.

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Professional Designations & Certifications

CAP®

Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy®

Help clients achieve their highest philanthropic aspirations with expertise in taxation, fundraising, purposeful planning, family dynamics, psychology, and more.

ChFC®

Chartered Financial Consultant®

Go further to address diverse client needs with comprehensive knowledge in key areas of financial planning today. CFP® professionals need just one more course!

RICP®

Retirement Income Certified Professional®

Deliver your clients a no-regrets retirement with specialized knowledge. Enroll by 10/20 and save big!

TPCP®

Tax Planning Certified Professional®

Deliver tax-informed advice with specialized knowledge in tax planning.

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It's Here

New Tax Planning Certified Professional® Program

Increase the value and breadth of your services by offering the advanced tax planning more clients, especially those of higher net worth, want from their financial advisors with the TPCP®. Take a Tour!

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NEW RESEARCH

Financial Planners and Market Uncertainty

Advisors who focus on financial planning are better equipped to navigate clients through market volatility, yet only 40% say financial planning is their primary focus.1 See how specialized knowledge can help you advise with competence and clarity.

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Advising Through Uncertainty
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We have an obligation to [our clients] to make certain that we're giving them the very best product at the lowest cost that's going to get them the results that they deserve in their lives.

Cary Stamp, CFP®, AIF®, RICP®, CAP®, AEP®, CDFATM

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The American College expands my opportunities through specialization, specifically the Retirement Income Certified Professional® designation, which allows us to help our clients in the retirement phase of their lives and assist them with a successful retirement.

Jack Schanne, CFP®, RICP®

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[Cary] stresses how important it is to get professional education, to develop the knowledge that you really need to best do what we do, which is serve the clients and try to be the best fiduciaries we can for those clients.

Austin Kuyrkendall

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