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
Our Differentiator? Empowerment.
Maintain Independence
Stay true to your entrepreneurial spirit and avoid M&A pressures.
Scale Your Business
Use our tools and resources to grow your advisory firm organically – and efficiently.
Strengthen Client Ties
Offer holistic planning services that meet the evolving needs of your clients.
Expand Your Expertise
Gain specialized knowledge through our professional designations and certifications.
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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!
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.
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
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®
[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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