Finseca & IAQFP Announce Unification to Strengthen Financial Planning
February 4, 2026
On February 4, 2026, Finseca and the International Association of Qualified Financial Planners (IAQFP) announced their merger. The move unifies the financial planning profession and strengthens support for the single, trusted standard: the Qualified Financial Planner (QFP) designation.
Marc Cadin, CEO of Finseca, said the merger is a step toward unifying the profession so more families can get the advice and products they need to be financially secure, and that “it is only through a unified profession that we will have the scale to advance the cause of financial security for all.”
Paul League, Co-Founder, Chairperson & President of IAQFP, stated that IAQFP was created to unite the profession under a clear standard of education, examination, experience, and ethics—the IAQFP Certified–Financial Planner, widely known as QFP. He expressed full confidence in Finseca to protect the integrity of the QFP designation and to expand the number of QFPs for the benefit of the public.
Central to the effort is the commitment to preserve the QFP designation and the online public QFP Registry—“The place to both find and verify Qualified Financial Planners.” Finseca has embraced that commitment and is assuming responsibility for running and maintaining IAQFP and the QFP Verification Registry.
Professionals who hold certain qualifying designations (e.g., Personal Financial Specialist® (PFS), Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®), and certain Master’s degrees with a Financial Planning concentration) are eligible to use the QFP and to be included in the free, online, 24/7 QFP Verification Registry. Uniting these under the single QFP identifier makes it easier for the public to find and verify Qualified Financial Planners.
The merger reflects a shared mission: Financial Planning—Security for All.
For the full announcement and additional coverage, read the press release on Yahoo Finance and on Investors Hangout.