Ep6: Retirement Income Strategies — Marguerita Cheng, CFP® Pro teaches us how to best work with a financial planner
A Note from Actuary and Author Peter Neuwirth, FSA, FCA — I invite you to tune in for this month’s episode of my podcast and video show, Money Mountaineering, where for 30 minutes, financial experts help us answer the question: What’s your future worth?
Meet our guest: Marguerita Cheng, CFP® Pro
Today’s topic: The journey to becoming a financial planner — Diary of a CFP® Pro
Petes asks Marguerita:
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Why did you become interested in retirement income planning?
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Tell us about your new book, Diary of CFP Pro: diaryofacfppro.com
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This is your second book, the first being Wealth Management Rules: wealthmanagementrules.com
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These books seem to culminate everything you’ve learned in your career. Tell us how you got into the business of being a CFP.
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How do you do business differently than other financial planners?
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You are a big supporter of women and minorities and do a lot to help others succeed in the financial planning businesses. You were recently appointed to be a member of the CFP Board. Tell us about your work for that organization and why you are inspired to help others.
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You are closing in on 100 episodes of your podcast show, Margaritas with Marguerita, and have interviewed many interesting guests. What is your biggest takeaway from hosting that show?
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What are your plans for the future?
About Marguerita Cheng: Rita is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Ocean Global Wealth. She has also been a spokesperson for the AARP Financial Freedom Campaign and a regular columnist for Investopedia & Kiplinger. Previously, she was a Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial and an analyst and editor at Towa Securities in Tokyo, Japan.
Her certifications include: CFP® professional, Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM, Retirement Income Certified Professional® and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. As a Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) Ambassador, Marguerita helps educate the public, policy makers, and media about the benefits of competent, ethical financial planning. She serves as a Women’s Initiative (WIN) Advocate and subject matter expert for CFP Board, contributing to the development of examination questions for the CFP® Certification Examination.
Rita volunteers for several organizations including: CFP Board Disciplinary and Ethics Commission (DEC) hearings, she has also served on the Financial Planning Association (FPA) National Board of Directors from 2013-2015 and is a past president of the Financial Planning Association of the National Capital Area (FPA NCA).
Her awards include: Ameriprise Financial Presidential Award for Quality of Advice and the prestigious Japanese Monbukagakusho Scholarship. In 2017, she was named the #3 Most Influential Financial Advisor in the Investopedia Top 100, a Woman to Watch by InvestmentNews, and a Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise (MBE®) by the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council (CRMSDC).
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