The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) has commented on CFP Board's second Exposure Draft to its Code of Ethics, calling it a step in the right direction. "It appears the CFP Board of Standards has received effective feedback from NAPFA and other like-minded industry organizations and professionals," said NAPFA chair Dick Bellmer, in a statement.
When the initial Exposure Draft was released in July 2006, NAPFA urged the Board to carefully reconsider its position on four important issues, including the optional fiduciary standard for a CFP certificant, changes to the definition of "fee-only," the aspirational nature of the code, and the terminology reflecting a suitability standard rather than a fiduciary standard. With the introduction of the second draft–released on March 9–the Board incorporated many of the suggestions found in the more than 300 responses the initial draft had provoked.
