CEO of my firm keeps adding “cfa” after my name in emails

Water Cooler
#1

What would you do? He keeps mentioning me to prospect advisors or advisors we already work with typing CFA after my literal name in emails.

For example it might say: “Hi Bryan, please work this over with my investment committee Hugh Myron, CFA & Mike Hunt, CFA…….”

I’m not joking and I cringe so hard every time he does this - it’s been multiple times. It’s honestly really embarrassing. Should I correct him or just let it slide? On a side note, the guy made me feel like a douche for requesting the firm pay my yearly dues, then turns around and proceeds to pimp my cfa out like this over email.

I don’t even use cfa in my signature half the time. It only gets added when I email externally.

#2

He’s being petty. He didn’t like the request to pay your dues, so now he’s intentionally placing the title everywhere to try to exasperate you.

I say lean into it. Put the title on quite literally everything that has your name on it. Fudge 'em, you earned it.

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