Biography

  • Placido "Pete" Blanco has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM practitioner and CEO of Creative Financial Planning, Inc. and Creative Financial Insurance Solutions, Inc., Providing Financial & Insurance solutions to businesses and individuals for over 25 years, earning the CFP® designation from the College of Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado in 1987. The CFP® professional designation is awarded to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements. This designation us recognized in over 130 countries.
  • Financial Planner and Investment Advisor Representative with New England Securities, Corp., a MetLife Company.
  • Member of Metlife’s Chairman’s Council Elite Producers, # 12 Nationwide among over 18,000 Producers.
  • Member of the Business Advisory Board of the Washington, DC-based Small Business Council of America {SBCA}, a nationwide organization representing over 3 Million Small US Business with the US Senate and US congress with issues related to small businesses. President of the Florida Chapter.
  • In 2005, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Journal of Accountancy magazine selected Pete as "Who’s Who Among Florida Certified Financial Planners."
  • Past Chairman and President of the Board of the South Florida Society of the National Institute of Certified Financial Planners {ICFP}.
  • Member of the Financial Committee of the Father Wasson Foundation Int’l Board. Based in Delaware, Father Wasson Foundation {FWEL}, 501-c, raises and manages money support over 3,400 orphans in nine (9) Latin American & Caribbean Countries.
  • Board member of the Board of Friends of the Orphans, USA, (FOTO) a 501c. Sister of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, Internacional (NPH), which includes Europe and Latin American Countries. These two organizations support orphans, providing schools, hospitals, and a home for these children.
  • Served as member of the Florida Council of International Development and a Special Advisor assisting the Secretary of Commerce of Florida in promoting the development of international trade and investment in the state.
  • Served for over 15 years on the Board of Directors of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce.
  • Licensed by the International Board of Standards & Practices for Certified Financial Planners (IBCFP).
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce.
  • Member and co-founder of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners {ICFP or FPA}.
  • Named "Who’s Who in Finance and Industry" by Marquis magazine
  • Named "Who’s Who in Florida’s Latin Business Community".
  • Member of the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants.
  • As a CFP® Professional and Investment Advisor Representative of New England Securities (member FINRA/SPIC, a broker/dealer and registered investment advisor) he works primarily with Business Executives, Physicians, Retirees and other professionals concerning, retirement, insurance, investments*, asset protection and estate preservation planning.

Pete writes and contributes to financial planning articles for the Miami Herald, El Miami Herald, Exito, Sun Sentinel and other newspapers and magazines. He is well known as a seminar speaker, speaking on topics and insurance, estate and retirement planning to professional groups of CPA’s, Doctors, etc. He has appeared as a guest speaker on Univision’s channels 23 and 51 where he spoke about financial planning.

Financial Planning Services and securities offered through New England Securities, (member of FINRA/SPIC) a broker/dealer and registered investment advisor . New England Financial is the service mark for New England Life Insurance Company and New England Securities, Met Life Companies.

Creative Financial Planning, Inc and Creative Financial Insurance Solutions, Inc. are not affiliated entities with New England Securities.