Resource Links

National FPA Links
• Useful Links: This link will be useful as a resource for your practice. This includes Business Planning, Charitable Planning, College Planning, Financial Planning, and Investing in Mutual Funds, Stocks, or Bonds.
• Career and Practice:  This link will provide information on career resources, CFP® certificant requirement information, job/resume listing resources, internship programs and much more.
• Connections: Connecting Financial Planning Professionals through Compelling Conversations, Events, and Communities.
• Government Relations: FPA legislative efforts will continue to leverage a more unified voice on issues affecting financial planning, the profession and your clients.
• Journal of Financial Planning


Education Programs:
• CFP Board-Registered Programs by State (http://www.cfp.net/become/reviewcourse.asp)
• FPA Learning Center - Virtual Learning Center (http://learningestore.com/fpavlc)


Investor Relations and Education:
• American Association of Individual Investors (http://www.aaii.com)
• American Savings Education Council (http://www.asec.org)
• American Stock Exchange (http://www.amex.com)
• Association for Investment Management and Research (http://www.aimr.com)
• Bank Insurance & Securities Association (http://www.bisanet.org)
• The Bond Market Association (http://www.bondmarkets.com/)
• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (http://minneapolisfed.org/)
• Federal Trade Commission (http://www.ftc.gov)
• Forum for Investor Advice (http://www.investoradvice.org)
• Futures Industry Institute (http://www.fiafii.org)
• Institute of Business and Finance (http://www.icfs.com)
• Investment Company Institute (http://www.ici.org)
• Investor Protection Trust (http://www.investorprotection.org)
• National Association of Investors Corporation (http://www.better-investing.org)
• National Association of Securities Dealers (http://www.nasd.com)
• National Futures Association (http://www.nfa.futures.org)
• National Investor Relations Institute (http://www.niri.org)
• National Compliance Services (http://www.rianet.com)
• New York Stock Exchange (http://www.nyse.com)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (includes EDGAR) (http://www.sec.gov)
• Securities Industry Association (http://www.sia.com)


Government:
• IA Department of Commerce (http://www.state.ia.us/government/com/)
• IA Department of Revenue (http://www.state.ia.us/tax)
• IA Governor's Office (http://www.governor.state.ia.us/)
• IA State Library (http://www.silo.lib.ia.us)
• IA State Legislature (http://www.legis.state.ia.us)
• IA House of Representatives (http://www.legis.state.ia.us)
• IA Senate (http://www.senate.gov)
• IRS Retirement Plan News (http://www.irs.gov/retirement/article/0,,id=96731,00.html)
• Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/index.html)
• National Association of Securities Dealers (http://www.nasd.org/)
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (http://www.naic.org/)
• Social Security Administration (http://www.socialsecurity.gov)
• Social Security Online for Fin'l Planners (http://www.socialsecurity.gov/financialplanners.htm)
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet (http://thomas.loc.gov)
• U.S. Department of Labor (http://www.dol.gov/)
• U.S. House of Representatives (http://www.house.gov)
• U.S. Medicare Program (http://www.medicare.org/)
• U.S. President (http://www.whitehouse.gov/)
• U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/)
• U.S. Senate (http://www.senate.gov/)