Brokerages with the most CFPs

See a breakdown of the largest brokerage firms -- and the percentage of CFPs in the total adviser force.
SEP 22, 2010
By  Mark Bruno

Firm CFP count Total rep count Percent CFPs
Ameriprise Financial Services 4149 7,658 54.18%
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch 3424 15,142 22.61%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2929 15,102 19.39%
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 2701 18,087 14.93%
LPL Financial 2478 11,214 22.10%
UBS Financial Services Inc. 1293 6,760 19.13%
Raymond James Financial Inc. 712 3,278 21.72%
Fidelity Investments 877 NA NA
Edward Jones 688 11,993 5.74%
Lincoln National 677 7,682 8.81%
Total 20446 84,923 24.08%
Sources include CFP Board, InvestmentNews independent broker-dealer survey (2010) and most recent quarterly filings

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