Industry Alert: Continuing Education Requirement Deadline for Investment Advisers

Tallahassee, Fla. – The Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) reminds the associated persons of investment advisers to complete your continuing education before December 26, 2024, to maintain their active registration status.

The Central Registration Depository (CRD) will close for the year on December 26, and individuals’ continuing education credits will be set based on the credits reported in the system at that time. All continuing education courses must be completed and reported before December 26 for the credits to be applied before January 2.

Associated persons of state-registered and federal-covered investment advisers who are registered or have been registered in the state of Florida, or a jurisdiction that requires continuing education, must complete a minimum of 12 continuing education credits to maintain their registration by December 31 of each year. The 12 credits must include six credits of Products and Practices courses and six credits of Ethics and Professional Responsibility courses.

For a full list of course requirements, please visit the North American Securities Administrators Association’s (NASAA) online Investment Adviser Representative Continuing Education section. You may contact them at IARCE@nasaa.org or (803) 734-9916 with questions.  

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