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FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION LATEST TO JOIN RANKS OF ALLIANCE FOR INVESTOR EDUCATION Nation’s Premier Group for Best in Investor Education Continues to Grow WASHINGTON, D.C.///September 21, 2006///The non-profit Alliance for Investor Education (AIE) announced today that the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is its newest participating organization. The 22-member Alliance for Investor Education (http://www.investoreducation.org) provides investors with access to a full range of information they need to make wise investment decisions. AIE President Michael D. Jones, who also is senior executive vice president at the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), said: "The Financial Planning Association is a major and important addition to the Alliance for Investor Education. We look forward to working with FPA to further raise the bar for investor education in the United States." FPA President Dan Moisand said: "The Financial Planning Association connects those who need, support and deliver financial planning. We believe that everyone is entitled to objective advice from a competent, ethical financial planner to make smart financial decisions. FPA members demonstrate a professional commitment to education and a client-centered financial planning process." FPA members demonstrate a commitment to the highest standards of professional competence, ethical conduct and clear, complete disclosure for financial planning professionals. The association’s individual members include financial planners, accountants, attorneys, bankers, charitable giving specialists, insurance agents, stockbrokers, money managers, investment consultants, broker-dealer and corporate executives, and others who champion the financial planning process. FPA institutional membership connects firms that support the financial planning process to the financial planning community. ABOUT AIE The full breadth of the investment world is represented in AIE's membership ranks. Full members of the Alliance include: American Association of Individual Investors, American Financial Services Association Education Foundation, BetterInvesting, Bond Market Association, CFA Institute, Employee Benefit Research Institute's Education and Research Fund, Financial Planning Association, Investment Company Institute Education Foundation, Investor Protection Trust, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Council on Economic Education, National Endowment for Financial Education, National Futures Association, National Investor Relations Institute, the New York Stock Exchange, Securities Industry Association, and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Assistance, the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the North American Securities Administrators Association are governmental and quasi-governmental advisors to the Alliance. CONTACT: Ailis Aaron Wolf, (703) 276-3265 or . |