The number of Certified Financial Planner professionals around the world at the end of 2019 was up 3.7% on a year earlier to a record 188,104.

The global Certified Financial Planner body - the Financial Planning Standards Board - is celebrating its 15th anniversary this week by highlighting that the number of CFP professionals worldwide has doubled since its launch in 2004 from 90,000 to more than 181,000.

World Financial Planning Day, today, is an opportunity for the profession to “come together” and “raise awareness” of the value of planning.

Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd (FPSB) and a global community of professional Financial Planning bodies representing over 181,000 Certified Financial Planner professionals have revealed the date of the third annual World Financial Planning Day.