Financial Planning

Title : Financial Planner

A holder of a diploma issued by the Institut québécois de planification financière authorized under a certificate issued by the Autorité des marchés financiers to act in the financial planning sector uses the title of "financial planner" or the abbreviation "F.Pl".

How to obtain a representative’s certificate:

Step 1: Satisfy the minimum qualifications

The Regulation respecting the issuance and renewal of representatives’ certificates (No. 1) sets out the minimum qualifications required for each sector or sector class.

For financial planning:

• A diploma from the Institut québécois de planification financière (IQPF).

 

Step 2: Submit an application for certification

• Send a duly completed certificate application to the AMF.

 

Exceptions

• Financial planners who are members of a professional order

A financial planner who is a member of any of the following professional orders is not required to hold a certificate in the financial planning sector for the purpose of pursuing his/her activities:

• Ordre professionnel des administrateurs agréés du Québec

• Ordre professionnel des comptables agréés du Québec

• Ordre professionnel des comptables généraux licenciés du Québec

• Ordre professionnel des notaires du Québec

Each of these professional orders has entered into an agreement with the AMF whereby their members are authorized to use the title of financial planner. These orders supervise their members in the performance of their activities.

However, these agreements do not apply to a member of an order:

• who is registered as a representative in accordance with Title III of the Derivatives Act (chapter I-14.01) or Title V of the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1); or
   
• who holds a certificate issued by the AMF pursuant to An Act respecting the distribution of financial products and services in a sector other than financial planning; or
   
• who is an officer or employee of a firm registered in a sector other than financial planning, where the member acts in the field of financial planning for that firm.

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