Local Wealth Strategist Achieves Certified Financial Planner Designation

Brant Spesshardt has completed financial planning and met the experience needed to use the certification marks CFP, Certified Financial Planner.

Raleigh, NC, February 27, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Brant Spesshardt, wealth strategist with Banyan Rock & Talent, has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to use the certification marks CFP® and Certified Financial Planner™ in accordance with CFP Board certification and renewal requirements. Spesshardt has a ten-year history with Banyan Rock & Talent, specializing in college, retirement and other family financial planning.

“Achieving the CFP designation shows my commitment to the long-term effort of providing top levels of financial service and investment counsel, and provides my clients with the added benefit of knowing I am certified by industry standards,” says Spesshardt. “I am proud to join the elite group of professionals that are committed to the high standards and practices that come with certification.”

This accreditation identifies individuals who have met the experience and ethical requirements of the CFP Board and have successfully completed financial planning coursework. Further, Spesshardt passed the CFP® Certification Examination covering: the financial planning process, risk management, investments, tax planning and management, retirement and employee benefits, and estate planning. CFP® certificants also agree to meet ongoing continuing education requirements and to uphold the CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Financial Planning Practice Standards.

CFP Board, a nonprofit regulatory organization, fosters professional standards in personal financial planning so that the public values, has access to and benefits from competent and ethical financial planning. CFP Board owns the certification marks CFP®, Certified Financial Planner™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the United States, which it awards to individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing certification requirements. CFP Board currently authorizes more than 55,000 individuals to use these marks in the United States.

For more information on Brant Spesshardt, please visit www.BrantSpesshardt.com or call (919) 782-0033.

About Brant Spesshardt:
Brant Spesshardt, a financial advisor of Banyan Rock & Talent has been providing superior service to financial services clients since 1998. Brant prides his career on providing clients with the strategic means to optimize financial capabilities. Though skilled in many areas, Brant specializes in college, retirement and other family financial planning, with an emphasis on stewardship. Brant believes in giving back to the community that supports him and his family by participating as a board member of Community Partnerships, Inc., the Garner Chamber of Commerce and Ducks Unlimited committee, in addition to volunteering as a committee member for Garner United Methodist. In 2001, he was a recipient of the Impact 100 Award on behalf of Business Leader Magazine. Visit www.BrantSpesshardt.com for more information.

About CFP Board:
CFP Board, a nonprofit regulatory organization, fosters professional standards in personal financial planning so that the public values, has access to and benefits from competent and ethical financial planning. CFP Board owns the certification marks CFP®, Certified Financial Planner™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing certification requirements. CFP Board currently authorizes more than 55,000 individuals to use these marks in the United States. For more about CFP Board, visit www.CFP.net.

About AIG Advisor Group, Inc.:
The AIG Advisor Group, Inc. is among the largest independent Registered Representative network in the United States and consists of Advantage Capital Corporation, AIG Financial Advisors, Inc., FSC Securities Corporation and Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. and are all members of FINRA & SIPC. These independent broker-dealers, with more than 7,000 independent financial professionals, are all wholly-owned subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG). AIG Advisor Group is a marketing designation for certain broker-dealers, and investment advisers affiliated with American International Group, Inc.

Securities offered through FSC Securities Corporation, Member FINRA/SIPC. Banyan, Rock & Talent is not affiliated with FSC Securities Corporation or registered as a broker/dealer or investment advisor.

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