Every week I meet a student or a working professional who asks me the same question, usually a little apologetically: “Sir, the FPSB fees are already high. Can I just register directly, study the material myself, and clear the exams without paying a coaching institute on top?” It is a fair question, and it deserves […]
Every week, someone asks me some version of the same question. “Sir, CFP karne ke baad salary kitni milegi?” And every week, I watch people get misled by the answers floating around the internet. Neat little figures like “CFPs earn ₹X lakh per annum,” presented with total confidence and zero sourcing. So let me do […]
If you’ve been googling “CFP course details 2026” and getting a different answer on every website, you’re not imagining it. The CFP® certification in India has changed meaningfully since mid-2025. Exam fees went up, a brand-new mandatory Psychology module was added to the pathway, the overall pricing structure was revised effective 31 May 2026, and […]
Short answer: India had about 1.79 lakh individual mutual fund distributors (MFDs) as of March 2026, and for the first time slightly more than half of them sit outside the top-30 cities. Nobody publishes city-level counts, so we queried AMFI’s public “Locate a Mutual Fund Distributor” tool city by city and compiled the numbers ourselves. […]
Short answer: Becoming a mutual fund distributor (MFD) in India is cheap and quick. Clear the NISM Series V-A exam (about ₹1,770), register for your ARN (about ₹3,540), and you’re in business for roughly ₹5,000 all-in. The hard part comes after. Upfront commissions were banned in 2018, so a new MFD earns only a thin […]
FPSB has made behavioural finance a mandatory part of the CFP pathway. Here is what the Psychology in Financial Planning course teaches, and how advisors use it to build trust, retain clients and grow their business.
