Course Description
Examination of advanced professional issues in financial planning, including ethical dilemmas, regulatory compliance, certification requirements, and normative financial planning practice standards. Students are expected to document mastery of financial planning topics using an advanced integrative perspective in the development of a comprehensive financial plan.
Athena Title
Capstone Adv Financial Plan
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FHCE 7250E
Prerequisite
(FHCE 6200 or FHCE 6200E) and (FHCE 6210 or FHCE 6210E) and (FHCE 6220 or FHCE 6220E) and (FHCE 6230 or FHCE 6230E) and (FHCE 8200 or FHCE 8200E)
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The student will be able to: Document a mastery of financial planning topics using an advanced integrative perspective. Effectively apply and integrate detailed client data in the formulation of a financial plan. Exhibit expert communication techniques in the presentation of a financial plan, both orally and in writing. Document an advanced aptitude in collecting all necessary and relevant qualitative and quantitative information required to develop a financial plan. Demonstrate sophisticated planning competencies designed to meet each client’s objectives, needs, and values. Demonstrate a highly developed logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to a specific problem. Synthesize the impact of economic, political, and regulatory issues within the financial planning process. Apply the CFP Board Financial Planning Practice Standards to the financial planning process.
Topical Outline
Practice Standards Ethical Considerations Fee Structures Regulation of Financial Planners Certification of Financial Planners Financial Planning Process Cash Flow Management Asset Management Budgeting Risk Management Planning Saving and Credit Planning Tax Planning Investment Planning Retirement Planning Education Funding Planning Estate Planning Employee Benefits Retirement Distribution Planning Life Planning and Behavioral Financial Planning
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