Useful Links

The Financial Planning Association (FPA)- FPA is the premier resource utilized by financial planners and consumers in an effort to ensure an objective, client-centered, ethical process. Through FPA, you can find brochures on personal finance topics that will help you make smart decisions about your financial future. The brochures offer useful and practical advice on a variety of topics ranging from how to deal with a sudden job loss to planning for higher education.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)- FINRA is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States.

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)- The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards- The mission of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. is to benefit the public by granting the CFP® certification and upholding it as the recognized standard of excellence for personal financial planning.

California Department of Insurance (CDI)- The CDI ensures that consumers are protected; that the insurance marketplace is fostered to be vibrant and stable; that the regulatory process is maintained as open and equitable and that the law is enforced fairly and impartially. The CDI licenses and regulates the rates and practices of insurance companies, agents, and brokers in California. Currently the Department licenses over 1,500 insurance companies and more than 340,000 agents and brokers. License fees, other fees, premium tax, and Proposition 103 recoupment fees are the primary sources of funding for the CDI. Today we have a complement of over 1,300 employees working to protect the consumers' insurance interests.

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