InvestmentNews honors firm best practices
Advisory businesses recognized for top growth and profitability, as well as superior technology use.
InvestmentNews recognized 21 financial advice firms with Best Practices awards on Oct. 17, at a ceremony held in Boston.
These firms rank among the top quartile of more than 700 independent advisory firms that participated in the 2017 Adviser Compensation and Staffing Study and the 2017 Adviser Technology Study.
The businesses range in size but have one feature in common.
“Their leaders have a clear plan and vision for growing their firms and managing elite organizations,” said Mark Bruno, associate publisher at InvestmentNews and head of InvestmentNews Research.
The smallest firm has about $175 million in assets under management, while the largest is about $9 billion. They are located in most regions of the country.
Scroll down to see the firms that were 2017 winners of Best Practices awards.
Mapping the Best Practices winners
Compensation and Staff Best Performers
Adviser Technology Study Best Performers
Compensation and Staffing Best Performers
A dozen firms were recognized for their growth and profitability and were identified as having superior compensation and staffing practices.
Atlanta
$1.8 billion
CEO Greg Fink
*Accredited Investors Wealth Management
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Edina, Minn.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$1.6 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”CEO Ross Levin
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Fairfax, Virginia
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$625 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”CEO David Greene
Dowling & Yahnke Wealth Management
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”San Diego
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$3.4 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”President Will Beamer
EisnerAmper Wealth Management & Corporate Benefits
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Iselin, N.J.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$590 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”Managing Officer Marc Scudillo
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Cincinnati
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$1.1 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”Portfolio Manager Zach Horn
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Downer’s Grove, Ill.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$2 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”Chief Operating Officer Yonhee Gordon
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Cincinnati
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$9 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”Director of Human Resources Steve Linder
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Chicago
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$1.2 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”Partner Jim Weil
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”Harrisburg, Pa.,
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$426 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”President Jeffrey Roof
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”West Conshohocken, Pa.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$1.6 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”Co-founder Alan Cohn
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127911024.PNG”San Luis Obispo, Calif.,
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127931024.PNG”$750 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127941024.PNG”Chief Operating Officer Brian Krill
Adviser Technology Study Best Performers
Nine firms were acknowledged for their superior technology practices.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Stamford, Conn.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$395 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”President LeGrand Redfield
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Itasca, Ill.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$3.3 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”Co-founder Mark Balasa
Center for Financial Planning Inc.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Southfield, Mich
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$948 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”Director of Investments Angela Palacios
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Lake Oswego, Ore.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$201 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”Client Service Associate Jesse Steele
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”West Hartford, Conn.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$600 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”Co-presidents Seth Fierston and Brian Fierston
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Kennebunk, Maine
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$175 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”President Nichole D. Raftopoulos
Sensible Financial Planning and Management
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Waltham, Mass.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$383 million
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”Founder Frederick Miller
Strategic Wealth Management Group
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Columbia, Maryland
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$1.2 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”CEO Jim DeCarlo and COO Patricia Achterhof
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127971024.PNG”Reston, Va.
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127961024.PNG”$1.7 billion
/assets/docs src=”/wp-content/uploads2017/10/CI1127951024.PNG”Partner Pete Dabrowski
*Did not attend Oct. 17 awards event
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