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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Financial planning professionals today seek opportunities to grow and improve their practices in an ever-changing landscape. The evolution of the planning profession, increasing nature of regulation, fast-paced growth in technology, and increasing complexities in the practice of financial planning can make it challenging to achieve desired professional and business goals. The FPA Research and Practice InstituteTM (RPI) provides answers to the pressing questions that will help members prosper in today's challenging financial services landsca​​pe.


RPI conducts original research on profession-related and business-centric topics and issues. Detailed analyses, reports, whitepapers and resources, based on the research, are made available to financial planning professionals to help them identify and address their business gaps and enhance the body of knowledge for CFP® professionals.​​


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