BISYS acquires Financial Planners Certification education company.BISYS (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ), a provider of training resources for the financial services sector, has acquired Dalton Publications (St. Rose, LA), a provider of educational materials and training resources for candidates preparing for the Certified Financial Planners Certified Financial Planner (CFP) A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs. (CFP 1. CFP - Constraint Functional Programming. 2. CFP - Communicating Functional Processes. 3. CFP - Call For Papers (for a conference). ) certification exam. Terms of the deal were not given. Dalton targets its products and training programs to the professional financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against industry, including educational providers, candidates for the CFP certification exam, and institutions providing financial planning services to the public. Dalton has classroom locations throughout the U.S. and has partnerships with 20 U.S. universities to offer financial planning programs. BISYS said that Dalton's assets will strategically enhance" the company's existing education services, expands its geographical reach and will expand its customized training programs. The deal is BISYS' fourth education--related acquisition since 1999. BISYS Education Services unit offers more than 250 training, pre-licensing, continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). and advanced education courses for investment and insurance professionals. |
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