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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards' updated background checks of the 87,000 CFP professionals detected conduct requiring investigation of about 1,240 individuals, or 1.4% of the total CFP population.
"Nearly 40% of these investigations involve a tax lien or a civil action that is not customer related," the CFP Board said. All matters will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, but not all matters will require adjudication, according to the Board.
The updated background checks are "additional efforts" to enforce the Board's Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which will take effect June 30.
Jack Brod, chair of CFP Board's board of directors, said the Board "recognizes there are gaps to close, has prioritized this work and has supported the funding required to implement these improvements, including more than $5 million to complete the background checks, investigate and adjudicate matters of possible misconduct."
